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MrWowWow

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3. There may be a states rights issue here

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 03:53 PM

Sep 22

Any legal eagles here want to tell us?

-Do not want to see this escalate to bombing or nerve gas sorties.

FYI:
Military drones cannot legally conduct surveillance sorties inside CONUS except under narrow, authorized circumstances (disaster aid, border security, or inside restricted training ranges). Any broad domestic surveillance would run afoul of the FAA, the Posse Comitatus Act, and intelligence oversight rules.

Big drones (Reaper, Global Hawk, Gray Eagle) fly in CONUS, but only for training/testing in FAA-approved restricted corridors.

Small drones (Raven, Puma, Wasp) are used by Guard units for disaster response or training.

None are legally allowed to carry out continuous domestic surveillance sorties over U.S. cities.

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Well shit. SSJVegeta Sep 22 #1

Drones are the new flying monkeys. Will the start clawing us up into the air? Irish_Dem Sep 22 #2

There may be a states rights issue here MrWowWow Sep 22 #3

Good point (but we all know that "state's rights" only apply to red states") groundloop Sep 22 #4

Minority Report yellow dahlia Sep 22 #5

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Either that or maybe get some of Ukrainian friends to come over as "consultants". FadedMullet Sep 22 #7

Unfortunately it'd be pretty difficult to hit a target at 20,000 feet traveling over 100 mph. groundloop Sep 22 #8

Since the question of whether or not this particular type of drone can be armed is key, I inquired with AI AZJonnie Sep 22 #9

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