Police forces all over the UK will soon be able to draw on unmanned aircraft from a national fleet, according to Home Office plans. Last month it was revealed that modified military aircraft drones will carry out surveillance on everyone from protesters and antisocial motorists to fly-tippers, and will be in place in time for the 2012 Olympics.
Surveillance is only the start, however. Military drones quickly moved from reconnaissance to strike, and if the British police follow suit, their drones could be armed – but with non-lethal weapons rather than Hellfire missiles.
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I remember a time when the UK was a safe and nice place to live.
ReplyDeleteNowadays, this place is just unbearable at times!
The good people have all but evaporated. Are the politicians running this place human or are they aliens in human form?