UAV used against insurgents in Afghanistan can incapacitate suspects from above
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Monday, October 31, 2011
A Department of Homeland Security-funded surveillance drone deployed against insurgents in Afghanistan that can also be used to tase suspects from above has been unveiled by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office and will be operational within a month.
“At $500,000 a pop, Montgomery county spent $250,000 to get the UAV. The rest was covered by a Department of Homeland Security grant,” reports KBTX.com.
Although its initial role will be limited to surveillance, the ShadowHawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, previously used against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and East Africa, has the ability to tase suspects from above as well as carrying 12-gauge shotguns and grenade launchers.
“We look forward to utilizing it in a variety of capacities that protect our employees from harm to the extent possible and to enhance the protection to our citizens and their safety,” said Montgomery County Chief Deputy Randy McDaniel.
The ShadowHawk is a 50lb mini drone chopper that can be fitted with an XREP taser with the ability to fire four barbed electrodes that can be shot to a distance of 100 feet, delivering “neuromuscular incapacitation” to the victim. The drone can travel at a top speed of 70MPH and can operate for 3.5 hours over land and sea.
A video clip of the drone shows off its impressive maneuverability as it tails a suspect attempting to evade capture with sophisticated object tracking technology. Another video shows the drone conducting surveillance of two individuals involved in a firearm transaction.
More powerful military Predator drones are already being used to kill American citizens overseas, including 16-year-old Denver-born Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, prompting fears that drones could be used within the United States to meter out extrajudicial punishment, something that surpasses anything George Orwell predicted in 1984.
The fact that the drone was partly funded with DHS grant money further illustrates how the Department of Homeland Security is determined to turn America into a high-tech police state.
While the federal agency openly flouts immigration laws by authorizing illegal aliens to work in the U.S., billions of dollars have been poured into “homeland security needs” for state and local governments to keep tabs on the American people, including the rollout of a surveillance camera network that is now blanketing major cities across the nation.
Even more Orwellian are proposals also being backed by the federal government to turn street lights into sophisticated surveillance tools that can not only record video and conversations, but also have “homeland security” applications including displaying messages that encourage Americans to report on each other as part of DHS’ ‘See Something, Say Something’ snitch campaign.
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Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.
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500,000 helicopter drones. My AR 10 is ready for some target practice. This will be 250,000 less in Montgomery county losses. All patriots prepare for target practice. Make sure you are far enough away so they do not know you did it.
Glen Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 5:19 am
Good luck and Good Hunting.
Quantummonkeybutt Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 7:15 am
“…Make sure you are far enough away so they do not know you did it.”
Sadly, That Might Be A Little Difficult, Monkey Boy…
These Machines ‘See’ In Multiple Spectrums, Including Infra-Red And Ultra-Violet; They Also Can Detect Motion Several Miles In Diameter (Distance Capability Secret)…
By The Time You Have Got Your Rifle Loaded, ‘The New World Order’ Will Have Already Identified You And Shoved A Tazer Wire Up Your Ass…Then It’s Just A Matter Of Time Before The DHS Goons Come To Pick You Up For Loading On A Train And A FEMA Camp Near You :/
(wx3dot) youtube.com/watch?v=rHb83VNijBM
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Evildick11 Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 7:20 am
I disagree with on that. Especially if you do not even live in the area. These devices will not be able to Identify a would be pre shooter. Once you make the shot and take it out you leave the area before they get a chance to stop you.
timothykey Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 7:38 am
The great thing about democratic mass movements is that there are so many people working together. On person taking out a drone will have a dozen others protecting his or her back. The NWO doesn’t have a chance.
Willfull Endangerment Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 11:12 am
More bullshit scare tactics… what a load of crap and another way to burn up our tax dollars. Make sure you wear a mask when you shoot it down so they can’t use facial recognition technology to identify you… LMFAO…
Willfull Endangerment Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 12:12 pm
The flu vaccines should frighten you more than this load of crap…
Tom Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 3:10 pm
timothykey — Yeah, but the same neighbor that turned you into the DHS is the same one who helped co-op the OWS, and he’s the same one standing among you when you take out that drone.
uranus34 Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 7:53 am
if i see one, and get the chance i will shoot it down. Good luck catching me to DHS.
Philippe Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 9:38 am
Well they may have a back up drone in the area that might find you first. Who knows all of what armaments these devices have that they’re aren’t divulging to the public. A cruise missile armed drone might not be unrealistic.
captain obvious Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:12 am
PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS
50-60 lb test fishing line strung between buildings, trees, power poles, street lights, etc.
a couple 1/4-1/2 oz fishing weights and a slingshot.. cost a couple bucks.
knocking out a $500,000 drone for pennies.. priceless!
Dragon’s Eye Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:49 am
Theoretically,
You should be able to box them in with non-metallics like fishing-line!
I would not be too difficult for a radio-hobbyist to pick up what radio frequencies these things communicate on! After all, I seriously doubt these drones would be completely on “auto-pilot” yet. The technology is not quite ready to be able to identify, on its own, anything other than what it is programmed to find. ( In other words: Still requires a human operator with a remote system. ) THAT would be these drones big weakness!!!
captain obvious Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 11:23 am
RC craft went PCM some 15 years ago.. a transmitter on the same freq wont disturb its instructions because it doesnt have the same Pulse Code signature attached. about all the higher end 4-6-8 channel hobby quality transmitter and receiver pairs have this, it prevented a lot of crashed model planes.. some model jets can be worth thousands.
this is why I think low tech “redneck fly fishin”, its fast cheep and simple.
a wrist rocket launched flying bolo isnt gonna need a real marksman,
someone good with a frisbee golf disk could also snap its friggin rotor, game over.
my other wish-option is that whatever insurance carrier they have says FU.
“we’re not covering that POS and we’re dropping the whole dept too!”
Tom Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 3:11 pm
Remote controlled planes!! Adds a new dimension to the whole game!
Whizerd67 Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 3:43 pm
LOL..first thing that came to mind for me was a slingshot. And then some kind of net launcher.
I don’t think I’ll have to worry too much here in these mountains….these boys (and ladies) around here will launch a fuckin cow at it if they have to.
Good idea with the lines too.
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Blessed Be to all
Tom Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 3:09 pm
This is good news for shotgun fans.
stupid bastards you can get the same thing for a few hundred bucks in the book or ebay
half million for this toy????????????nice way to do business
captain obvious Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:17 am
yes theyre disgustingly overpriced and one could be rigged up for well under 10k
50-60 lb test fishing line and a couple 1/4 oz fishing weights launched like a flying bolo to get tangled into the rotor’s hub will knock one of these things down pretty damn easy too.
these SOB’s think theyre smart when a dollar or less can drop their friggin toys.
disclaimer: I am not a terrorist, but I’m smarter than these official dumb SOB’s.
I’m posting this so the world KNOWS how stupid they are, hope ya DO see it!
-now take your heads out from up where they dont belong and de-fund this BS!!
This is crazy, buckshot will probably work just fine on these as well or if you are a good shot, a slingshot with some big fat led ammo, LOL! Just make sure to have a ski mask while hunting cuz’ it has a camera too! Paid for by taxpayers to Taser Taxpayers and this really pisses me off! There should be some sort of way to sue these Bastards for wasting our money on these, my kite string has popped and this shit has to stop!
captain obvious Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:20 am
helium balloons and heavy fishing line, kites, whatever method it takes!
shooting these things down within city limits might be a bad idea..
but if they fly into a buncha monofilament catfishin line up everywhere
-thats THEIR PROBLEM !!!
captain obvious Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:21 am
and furthermore.. why the FK are they payin 1/2 mil for these POS’s
when that money could provide homes for 10 families!!
Peace Frog Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:36 am
the answer to this is obvious Cap’n….our government doesn’t want to help folks,
it wants to destroy them
Dragon’s Eye Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:50 am
I believe the good Captain was being rhetorical here!
captain obvious Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 11:25 am
yup, and they deserve their nuts kicked into their tonsils
“can operate for 3.5 hours over land and sea.” Better idea, paintball gun, shoot the camera and then take the piece of garbage hostage when it blindly falls from the sky. This really fucking sucks!
dncholas Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:06 am
Good idea. Paintball it and then make it crash but repair it if damaged and send these things to Washington DC in hostile mode.
Dragon’s Eye Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:51 am
Rig something to interfere with its radio-link, and you might have an easier chance!
Patriots need to link up with other patriots to design countermeasures against this police state intrusion.
I would suggest developing something akin to a taser that will short circuit these things, or a highly-directional electromagnetic pulse.
All else fails, mini rockets. We have to develop our own drones that can dogfight these things and blast’em out of the air.
I’m extremely capable of designing these things, and we can do it better than them, and cheaper. We need to build some mini ionocrafts or something that can outperform these things.
Jesus Freak Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:22 am
I can make an emp cannon
Dragon’s Eye Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:53 am
Let’s do it then!!!
Been an electronics hobbyist since I was eight years old! So long as people continue to throw away good, reusable electronics, I’m THERE !!!
captain obvious Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:23 am
a $100 (or less) RC plane flown into it would make it history.
scroll up my ideas about catfishin line everywhere.
I am sure they will use these to make doughnut runs too, being they don’t want to get off their fat lazy pig asses and if someone were to shoot one of these down, you would most likely be charged with killing a police officer. This story is consuming me and there is so much more bad shit out there!
Evildick11 Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 7:23 am
There is no way legally they can charge you with killing a police officer but they could level a fine that will either force you into bankruptcy or in debt the rest of your life.
Dragon’s Eye Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:55 am
It’s called “destruction of government property”!
But it probably won’t go even that far, as they will just snatch you up at the first chance they get, and you “disappear”.
Either way! It matters NOT! These bastards have ALL out-lived their moral usefulness anyway!
2 3/4in no7 12ga = PULL!!!
prisoner Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 6:47 am
easy on the shoulder,yet effective….with 360 cam,thermal and who knows what……most likely forward observing for boots.that is were your trouble lies.
If they had only limited the drone to surveillance nature, that in itself is a practical solution that can cost less than operating a real helicopter and paying the crew. Some economy can be made with less risk. But the tazer and 12 gauge bullet capacity is out of normality usage. Thats evil nothing less than that.
The people who pay taxes have to stand up to this abuse and say NO we will not let our tax money finance evil. Saying nothing and doing nothing is just giving them the right to do want they want.
Now in Texas this is? Is that not Rick Perry,s play ground?
another reason to not vote for Perry after all he is governor of that state and if he has let the drone armed with a tazor and 12 gauge bullets fly by like this, it is just an additional reason added to the Big pharma connection?
Evildick11 Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 7:25 am
It is to bad we cannot get one of these and use on Rick Perry and put the film on you tube.
Whizerd67 Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Actually, Texas is more like BUSH’s playground. MUCH, much bigger fish and tptb puppet/henchman.
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Blessed Be to all
I will put this on my Christmas list. This could be helpful in chasing away unwanted DHS NAZI troops.
Evildick11 Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 7:26 am
I would love to use this in those illegal road blocks in Tenn. the piggy drones would have to shoot 500,000 dollars out of the sky or I would tazer them.
As with most overpriced and invasive Homeland Security projects, I just can’t see this one turning out very well for them and it will end up being a public relations nightmare for them furthering their already tarnished image. Like giving firecrackers and a pack of matches to a seven year old.
Vic Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 7:09 am
They!!!!!! will have created the problem but will blame the people this is how evil they are?
They have not understood the law of::: what goes around comes around. or
to every action, is a opposing reaction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vic Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 7:13 am
evil Ambition always ends up destroying it’s creator!!!!!!!!!
AandO Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 12:04 pm
History sure does validate your statement over and over again. Problem is, is that these idiots never learn and the price the innocents pay is way too high….
Tom Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 3:15 pm
The NWO marches totally unopposed. They don’t fear us because we’ll never rise up. We would have by now (thosands of treasonous reasons already), but we haven’t. These drones are going to work wonders for them. The high price tag is to fool us into NOT noticing that they’re pocketing money as usual. These drones will be extremely successful and we’ll stop very few of them…..
MARK OF THE BEAST Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:13 am
They can afford it. Your children and grandchildren will pay for it.
It’s spoken of in Revelation. Read the Bible.
MARK OF THE BEAST Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:13 am
Yes and much much more.
Dragon’s Eye Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:57 am
Oh here we go the frip again!!!!
Please, leave the “bible talk” out of these discussions!!!
This IS NOT CHURCH!
AandO Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Wellllll? Hold on.
Where does does it talk about drones in Texas?
Tom Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Are you kidding? Thanks to the Bible, I’ve known ahead of time of every thing that’s happened!!! I know what’s coming next. And I know how close the 2nd Coming is. No ther book or news source can explain everything that’s happening. Non-believers can just sit there and speculate all they want to, with THEIR theories on who attacks who and let’s all hate the Jews ’cause I have no money and they better not come to MY house ’cause my macho fills the whole outdoors blah blah blah.
Unfortunately, the truth is, nobody ever fires shot one in defense of this nation. It is dead as soon as the NAU becomes reality.
This premeditated use of an arsenal (I mean WEAPON) in the community makes living next to a military base seem like a daycare compared to the expressed thoughts of these police “To Protect Their Employees…” To Fight Crime”. Better to get on the good side of some Judges, before this is put into operation. By the way had to research to find out that this is Texas and reported by KBTX Bryan/College Station.
we need to all learn how to build homemade missile launchers with heat seeking missiles, research it, cause that would be a good skill to have during this next revolution.
Tom Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 3:19 pm
What revolution? Do you ACTUALLY intend to shoot cops and DHS traitors? I don’t think so.
You know, the military and globalists corporations are trying so hard to depopulate people, while at the same time, incorporate drones or robots into battle. Haven’t they seen how this path will turn out for them in the end? There’s this movie called, “Terminator” where humanity is fighting to prevent their extinction from ROBOTS!!!! Granted it was an exaggerated attempt at display how computers and robots, if uncontrolled, can take out their makers in the future. However, with all of these new gizmos they have been breaking out in the past year and the path that they seem to be taking, I see that reality is not too far away from the exaggerated plot. These people are out of control and must be stopped. They want the population extinct and the ability to control the planet or what’s left of it. WHY ARE WE LETTING THEM GET AWAY WITH IT ALL??!!!! THIS MUST STOP NOW!!!!
FreeAmericaNow Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 8:05 am
On a lighter note, it’s times like this, where I just want to sing my favorite song again. CHEERS!!
I’m Proud To Be An American parody lyrics (What the globalists want us to sing)
If tomorrow all my savings were gone
I’d be a slave for all my life
And I had to start again
with just my spoon and my own knife
I’d thank my lucky czars
to be crawlin’ here today
‘Cause the flag still stands for globalism
and they can’t take that away
And I’m proud to be an American
where at least I’m harassed and enslaved.
And I wont forget the corporations
who gave that right to me.
And I gladly get down
next to you and beg her still today
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land
God bless the US…I mean CSA!! (Corporate State of America)
From the mafias of Chicago
to the checkpoints of Tennessee
Across the borders of Mexico
From sea to smuggling sea
From Detroit down to Houston
and New York to L.A.
Well there’s a cop in every American part
and its time we bow down and say
That I’m proud to be an American
where at least I’m harassed and enslaved.
And I wont forget the corrupt policemen
who gave that right to me
And I’m gladly felt up
next to you and protect her still today
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land
God bless the TS…I mean PSA!!! (Police State of America)
And I’m proud to be and American
where at least I’m harassed and enslaved.
And I wont forget the corrupt policemen
who gave that right to me
And I gladly sit down
next to you and watch her still today
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land
God bless the TS…I mean CSA!!!!!
Gee I wonder if they have these drones shielded against electronic interference. Now if some expert who makes his own EMP pulse weapon manages to ‘pulse’ one of these out of the sky – odds are it won’t make it to youtube because everything else electronic in that blast radius got fried also. A non violent approach would be the Texas citizens filing complaints citing the drones cause cell phone or wifi interference. Are those drones UL tested and approved? *hint hint*
Tom Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 3:20 pm
EMP = Every shotgun Made for that Purpose….
Whizerd67 Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 4:16 pm
LOL…Yeah..that’ll work….
I’ll give you “A” for effort in theory though.
But you are definitely right about an EMP knocking out almost any chance of a youtube vid or anything.
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Blessed Be to all
Drone technology is reaching perfection with better cameras, smaller s sizes, and the ability to zap over 100 potential criminals in less than 3 hours. Drones can peep into homes, cars, or into dark alleys, they will help win the war on drugs. A packet of heroin and its logo can be seen at 600 feet.
captain obvious Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 10:28 am
ZAP EM, THEYRE GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT!!
(schmuck)
Dragon’s Eye Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 11:00 am
“Morris-the-despised” is an IDIOT, TROLL, or ALL that applies in that vein!
Tom Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 3:20 pm
100 criminals in 3 hours. Where in hell do you come up with this shit?
Yup, painball gun, that is what I was thinking.
Isn’t that nice of the government to provide us with interactive skeet targets? I’m buying a new Remington 1100 semi-auto 12ga. shotgun just for drones!
AandO Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Yeah, the possibilities are endless….
LOL
Whizerd67 Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Love my 1100.
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Blessed Be to all
Seeing all kinds of bright ideas for solutions here!
” One man can create it, another man can surely destroy it! “
this is clearly dramatized; the part i don’t think connects-up with real-life is that anyone would conduct a gun transaction when you can clearly both HEAR and SEE this mini helicopter 15-20ft above you.
and yes it would be fairly easy to take down with a rifle, no? u could part them out or repair them for your own control.
what if the occupy protestors had a RC flyer with camera mount streaming, flying over the police lines observing?
Radio control chopper/ one 12ga shot shell do the math!
Oh?
North Korea had already created a a devise that burst-signal EMP charge, that can bring down any high-tech gadget there is. Besides there’s tons of transformers in every street corner that can be turned into and EMP explosion killing any gadgets or electric-wired powered devices on the entire area, shutting down or mostly bursting the fuse forever. Only few people knows that.
Besides any gadgets or controls that is connected to computer or via network is hackable.
Also the one of the thug groups I been talking about that I call the Pirate Protocol has created a hand devise that is similar to the aura-of-effect that is found in the Bermuda/Dragon Triangle that shuts down radar or makes connections lost(really similar to that area of triangle-area), so that devise can be used against these controlled flying drones and these drones will lost track/control from the controlling sources.
If the police go high tech, so does some mobs of people. In my words? None should ever as confident, since these groups are against government tyranny and those who seeks freedom and oppose the government either way. These groups are against anyone outside their agenda.
i knew all those afternoons spent cursing and digging in bushes and rivers for my disc would pay off! they look to be the size of a basket as well. i’ll be getting birdies on my way to work and defending privacy at the same time! i’m not rich though and those rotors look like they would absolutely SHRED a disc… so i am now accepting donations.
This is how you know that these things aren’t for terrorist protections, but instead, against the citizens of the state,country….
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From the article;
“We look forward to utilizing it in a variety of capacities that protect our employees from harm to the extent possible and to enhance the protection to our citizens and their safety,” said Montgomery County Chief Deputy Randy McDaniel.
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Now, wouldn’t you think that a Chief Deputy from any police agency, would have “to serve and protect the citizens” at the top of his thought?? But no..it’s not for the protection of the citizens. It’s for the protection of their ‘employees’.
Now you know what these will be used for primarily. Also, you know know why DHS funded half of the cost…well..why WE funded half the cost ..I should say.
TSHTF before Christmas.
Bring it…because I am.
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Blessed Be to all
Whizerd67 Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Makes ya wonder why and how a police dept in Texas got one of the first ones.
I figure the drones need balance, and enough air TO balance. If you devalue either one, it’s useless to fly. The cameras and different ‘visions’ might make it a little tough to get close enough to utilize without recognition of some sort…but, something can be rigged to a motion detector.
Cause a disturbance in the vicinity of one of these(shoot at it with a .22 ?)..lead them to the trap…or very well placed booby trap..manned or unmanned.
This, although important to keep in mind as relative, is not a significant threat to the big picture that must be focused on…retake rebuild.
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Blessed Be to all