• BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    What we don’t need are police that are. I don’t want police firing anti aircraft guns/missle barrages or having drone armies. It’s absolutely ridiculous to think that this is worth the thought, much less a single cent to fund.

    • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      There’s exactly zero chance of that happening given the abundance of air traffic in the U.S. (Also specifically where these “drone” sightings are for obvious reasons).

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    5 days ago

    “The mystery in New Jersey”

    There’s no mystery, the FAA issued an air restriction for the Picatinny area from Nov 21 to Dec 26, for “special security reasons” - aka some dark development group doing testing.

    Why else would these things have nav lights?

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      5 days ago

      I dunno, why would these need nav lights if they are involved in some secret operation? Who says they are even nav lights?

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        2 days ago

        Because they match standard nav light coloration.

        And you need nav lights for takeoff and landing where other craft are coming/going

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          And you need nav lights for takeoff and landing where other craft are coming/going

          Says fucking who???

          They don’t NEED lights. Only if you’re trying to abide by FAA laws would they NEED lights. They obviously don’t give a fuck about law because they are already breaking several. And these are drones we are talking about for fucks sake not regular aircraft.

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          Serious question to your joke. What is all the animosity against Jews? Seems a lot of conspiracy theories put the blame on them, like they’re some sort of advanced alien race or something.

          -Jewish Space Lasers -Jewish Weather Control -International Jewry and world domination

          Hell, even South Park pokes fun at them. But why them and not any other religion? Is it rooted in the Holocaust and the propaganda Hitler used to justify his actions? Or does it stem from something prior?

          It’s also weird to me that they are considered a race of people as well, instead of JUST a religion.

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            Anti Jewish sentiment has been a long standing thing.

            It stems a lot of things, but I think it’s mainly from Christian’s in the olden days not being allowed to loan money with interest, so the Jews filled this role. They also are very insular and tend to marry within their sect.

            Due to their ability to charge interest, they quickly became rich.

            Imagine you are a ruler, and you have these religious folks who have massive amounts of wealth and thus influence, don’t share your religion and beliefs, etc. It’s also easy for less educated to believe they control everything, when the Jews are controlling a large part of banking.

            It becomes advantageous to push anti Jewish sentiment and say they are evil, etc.

            Again, my opinion and I could be wrong

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    4 days ago

    Obviously police departments need super expensive laser weapon systems to shoot down drones. I hear companies like General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrup Grumman, and Blue Halo already make these systems. Everyone knows Congress loves spending money on big defense contractors.

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      I wonder what consultants told them they need them. Do you think any work for General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrup Grumman, and Blue Halo?

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    5 days ago

    Honestly drone defense should be handled by a branch of the military. The Air Force, navy or hell the national guard. Police can’t be trusted with our safety…

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    Oh, I get it now.

    These “mysterious drones” have all been flying from the police this entire time so articles like this will be written which in turn helps the police get more funding.

    Then the moment the police get their kill drones they’ll somehow solve the case!

    (This is all tinfoil hat nonsense, of course)

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      The unbelievable part is that THEY would bother using actual flying drones to manufacture an emergency. Deepfake videos and bot armies to spread them are too easy.

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      The one thing stopping me from believing that, is that police aren’t clever enough to come up with something like this.