Hunter-Killer Watch – Drone lands in ND
Ok – yes, economic woes aside, we are still heading towards The Singularity and all of the interesting changes and shifts that includes.
A predator drone has been moved from Arizona to North Dakota to patrol the northern border between the U.S. and Canada.
After two failed tries, an unmanned aircraft expected to be the first to patrol the northern U.S. border completed a flight from Arizona to North Dakota.
U.S Customs and Border Protection officials said the Predator B drone touched down Saturday at the Grand Forks Air Force Base after a six-hour flight from Libby Army Airfield in Sierra Vista, Ariz.
Is it me, but isn’t a little unnerving to think about unmanned aircraft flying across our skies? I wonder how many of these flights that we don’t know about.
The Predator weighs 5 tons, has a 66-foot wingspan and can fly undetected as high as 50,000 feet. It can fly for 28 hours at a time and will be equipped with sensors and radar.
They can also be equipped with Hellfire missiles and other nasties for offensive work.
Yikes!