#Next #Future #Terrifying #Technology This plethora of #headlines belies the fact that drones – or model #aeroplanes as they used to be called – have been popular in the #US since at least the #1930s. The fuel behind the current flurry of interest is that technology and mass production have suddenly brought relatively cheap and sophisticated machines within the grasp of the general public. This misleadingly presents drones as a technology that has solved intelligence gathering problems that have been routine for military or #intelligence #agencies. A report released by the #Columbia #Law #School last year showed the “reliability and vetting of local informants and foreign #cooperating #government #personnel” is questionable. Informants are reportedly paid “$300-$1000 or more” and there are multiple stories suggesting, “#Families and rival groups use locator chips to have their enemies targeted and to settle personal vendettas.” Local informants may offer “sketchy” information, leading to drone operators firing on people without confirming their identity. And intelligence may be obtained from foreign governments or military officials, who may seek to have the US #target their “enemies” instead of the individuals or groups the US wants to target. With #drones, the process may be able to happen more quickly, but the intelligence being used to kill people believed to be terrorists or militants is the product of similar intelligence procedures, which helped the #administration of #President #George W. Bush imprison hundreds of innocent people at Guantanamo Bay. After this part, viewers are exposed to the real truth of why drone use is increasing. Manned #aircraft brings the “#risk of #pilot #loss.” The story of Francis Gary Powers, who was shot down while flying a #CIA #U-2 spy plane over the #Soviet #Union is presented. His crash is described as a “propaganda field day for the Soviets.” The plane had “miles of film” and so it was easy to see what he was doing. He was imprisoned in Russia for more than two years. This clearly demonstrated “the need for unmanned spy planes.” Chad tells the audience that “despite being half a world away from the action, it all feels very real.” It is not like a video game at all. “There’s no reset button. There’s no turning it off.” There is the potential to have eyes where a potential attack is going to occur for “hours ahead of time.” After a target is struck, pilots “stick around for another few hours to watch what happens afterwards.” He says pilots “stay focused on the destruction” they’ve just caused with their aircraft. The viewer is led to believe that, even though the pilots are initially trained on an XBox controller, there is no feeling of desensitization. Pilots being hired off the street are not enlisting and finding this is like playing #Call of #Duty #video #games at home. Nearly halfway through the program, the audience begins to hear some critical views on the development of this technology. Afghanistan is the “only publicly authorized war.” Operations in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen are part of covert operations. Peter Singer of the Brookings Institution says America has “conducted a lot of strikes that would have been problematic if we had used manned systems.” Shuja Nawaz of The Atlantic Council says who the targets were, whether they were actually terminated or if others were killed can often be unknown. The narrator notes there are no “verifiable counts of civilian deaths” but that thirty percent of those killed could be civilians and strikes may be turning people against the US and violate international law. #predator #u-2 #design #performance #engine #plane #sensor #terrorist #ISIS #ww3 #spy #monitor #jet #engineer #California #UAV #albatross #fuel #DARPA #HAARP #GPS #amber #NATO #UN #NASA #Afganistan #Iraq #Iran #Syria #Israel #Airforce #newmexico #newgeneration *Subscribe for more Educative & Truth Videos (Like & Share)* * Go to our website http://www.advexon.com * Best Documentaries channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHx6... * NOVA PBS Documentary HD Channel --- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYMW...

• published: 27 Feb 2015
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