Drone Survival Guide

[MorningSong]

I stumbled upon this today:

http://www.dronesurvivalguide.org/

Our ancestors could spot natural predators from far by their silhouettes. Are we equally aware of the predators in the present-day? Drones are remote-controlled planes that can be used for anything from surveillance and deadly force, to rescue operations and scientific research. Most drones are used today by military powers for remote-controlled surveillance and attack, and their numbers are growing. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) predicted in 2012 that within 20 years there could be as many as 30.000 drones flying over U.S. Soil alone. As robotic birds will become commonplace in the near future, we should be prepared to identify them. This survival guide is an attempt to familiarise ourselves and future generations, with a changing technological environment.

There is a chart of various forms and shapes of drones and other interesting info translated in about 17 languages.

[conk]

A good rifle, some dense woods. Although the robot would likely send the GPS data in the microsecond before it crashed. They'd be on you in 15 minutes.

[Bob]

Good Morning, MorningSong the little birds outside the windows are chirping before the snow set's in later..

Thank you for the post and sharing - optical tracking then we could assume is the best solution?

At 50,000-100,000 feet up at target that is 20 feet across is a spec.. (anybody want to compute the visual size to share an exact size?)

Drones that are 100-500 feet up, the small "over the counter" drones would be able to be optically seen. (I'm sure a lot of the Mexican sightings of "UFO's" really were/are drone's being used and tested on the crowds, for data, plus to test how people will in their mind's explain something spying on them)

Speaking of Drones then does the "Guide" show what the difference is from human-kind made drone (remotely piloted vehicles, or autonomous) and the "unexplained" vehicle? the hologram projection (this type of artificial thing is used to create deception).

(and to anyone wanting to shoot at drones, nobody is going to be able to reach the actual military drones with some gun, it would take a guided missile, and "firing at an aircraft in the USA" with either a laser or a projectile weapon, is considered a nasty felony with very definite no-escape from prosecution according to the FAA).

[Octavusprime]

Here is another article about how to hide from the infrared camera:

http://modernsurvivalblog.com/securi...ermal-imaging/

It says a mylar blanket can be used temporarily to hide your heat signature. Eventually the heat will build up and escape somehow but it could be used as a temporary shield.

I agree with Bobd that it would be extremely hard to hit a flying object with a rifle unless it is extremely close.

This article is about a Colorado Mayor that wants to allow legal hunting of US made drones. The bill is on hold until a district court decides whether it is legal or not:

http://news.kron4.com/news/town-may-...t-down-drones/

Wanna build your own drone?! This site is a wealth of knowledge:

http://diydrones.com/

Personally the use of drones by governments on it's own people is a dangerous thing. With the NSA being able to capture your digital life and the ability to spy on people in the field we are completely naked to whoever is in charge of these things.

Let's imagine you are a very politically active person. Let's also say that the current "regime" is less than tolerant to any voices against it. How easy would it be for them to read your email and blog posts. Intentionally take some text out of context, providing "incriminating evidence" against you. Then using drones to either aid in your detainment or "strike".

This is a very real and current problem that we need to deal with. We need to put strict laws into place now before the technology is used for personal gain and malicious intent. The technology is here so we can't ignore it or wish it away but now is the time to rein it in. As with all dangerous technology, and this is some of the most dangerous IMO, people/organizations will see how far they can go before there is negative consequences.

Freedom is not free and it must constantly be protected.

Cheers!