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US Military's Bomb Techs Fear Flying IEDs
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WASHINGTON — The US military's explosive ordnance disposal community, bedeviled by roadside bombs in recent wars, is girding for a new threat: flying drones as IEDs. The crash landing of a hobbyist's quadcopter on the grounds of the White House in ...

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[GJH105775]

And they don't even bother to monitor/jam the 2.4GHz/5.8GHz, I'd say they left the White House insecure from these in hope for bad publicity.

 

[LoneRCRanger]

Aren't those military Predator UAVs just like those flying IEDs their worried about? Seems if you are going to have a weapon that can take out the enemy the enemy can't see or hear, the enemy is eventually gong to find a way to do the same thing. What is an IED anyways? A cheap way to kill people. Remember them guys that did a pressure cooker IED during the Boston Marathon. Does it seem likely that someone might use a stale loaf of bread or a large balona to do the same thing? There are so many ways to do these nefarious things. Makes me want to hide in the basement the rest of my life. Thank the Lord we have a military that thinks about the possibilities.