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RockRaven

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26. First of all, not everything some rando says is a drone they saw is actually a drone

Reply to HereForTheParty (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 04:28 AM

Dec 2024

and expecting the governor to account for every yahoo's tale is wildly unreasonable.

And secondly, anyone with even less than a hundred bucks can buy a drone off of Amazon. And dozens of different of these cheap quadcopters on Amazon claim thousands of units sold in the past month alone. There are probably millions of cheap drones in civilian hands all over the country. How the heck is the government supposed to account for every one that is actually seen?

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Our government being unable to explain these drones is troubling [View all] HereForTheParty Dec 2024 OP

I don't think so. Looks like there's a lot of drones up there. Walleye Dec 2024 #1

I'm fairly certain they know what's up there... dchill Dec 2024 #2

I don't underestimate their ability to lie HereForTheParty Dec 2024 #7

Probably a test of our airspace over... dchill Dec 2024 #19

JDAC2 Trexmaster Dec 2024 #33

It's JADC2. I'm pretty sure parts of it are already online. dchill Dec 2024 #34

We need tougher drone laws. LisaM Dec 2024 #3

Kids don't have dozens of SUV sized drones. /nt artemisia1 Dec 2024 #29

Refrigerator-sized. Car-sized. SUV-sized. Iggo Dec 2024 #31

I am referring to the people who fly them for pleasure LisaM Dec 2024 #32

In a period that drones are used in warfare lethally... S/V Loner Dec 2024 #4

Psyops? HereForTheParty Dec 2024 #6

Distraction possibly. S/V Loner Dec 2024 #10

Or, truthful! N/A brakester Dec 2024 #20

Security around Bedminster... AntiFascist Dec 2024 #9

If 6 foot drones are flying around... S/V Loner Dec 2024 #12

Or a military exercise? vanessa_ca Dec 2024 #14

Possibly. n/t S/V Loner Dec 2024 #17

Unable or unwilling? yourout Dec 2024 #5

Or, STUPID? brakester Dec 2024 #21

It's the hysteria that is troubling PSPS Dec 2024 #8

Everybody has this wrong 303squadron Dec 2024 #11

Sigh BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #13

I have more or less settled on Elon Musk as the prankster. Frasier Balzov Dec 2024 #15

Drones are pretty cheap and lots of people have them. alarimer Dec 2024 #16

Hmmm. You've got me rethinking this. On another thread I Mike 03 Dec 2024 #18

Never fear, we'll send Marjorie Taylor Greene armed Emile Dec 2024 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author brakester Dec 2024 #23

Just wait until Jan 20 brakester Dec 2024 #24

Considering drones are easy to obtain for anyone ibegurpard Dec 2024 #25

First of all, not everything some rando says is a drone they saw is actually a drone RockRaven Dec 2024 #26

they fly under radar Skittles Dec 2024 #27

elon musk's brother owns a drone company? Think. Again. Dec 2024 #28

They could be government drones seeking out NBC weapons with sniffers after some clandestine tip or intelligence and artemisia1 Dec 2024 #30