Radio Controlled Toys Serious Threat To Security Says NATO Official

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NATO is concerned by the easy access to drone technology in the world, which is in particular used in radio controlled toys, a NATO deputy assistant secretary general said Thursday.

Guy Roberts told a Moscow nonproliferation conference that 18 months ago, a father and son built a small unmanned airplane in Vermont, U.S., which flew nonstop from New Hampshire to the U.K. with a five-kg load, eventually landing 10 meters from the target place.

Roberts said the flight was possible with the help of open commercial technology which is potentially very dangerous.

Roberts, who oversees issues of weapons of mass destruction policy at NATO, tried to imagine what could happen if thousands of such drones, even with an ordinary and not WMD charge, were dispatched to a target.

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Radio_Controlled_Toys_Serious_Threat_To_Security_Says_NATO_Official_999.html

[iconoclastic cat]

1. Yeah, didn't they see that Dirty Harry flick, The Dead Pool? nt

[YOY]

8. Yeah, pre-famous Jim Carrey was blown up I think...

n/t

[endarkenment]

2. What now? ban gps and radio controlled model airplanes?

We hate us for our freedoms.

[tridim]

3. I just know it's coming, they're going to outlaw my hobby.

At which point I'll have no choice but to become a criminal, because I'm not going to stop flying my planes. The type of flying I do is like crack. It's not something I can quit cold turkey, it's in my blood.

[qdemn7]

9. The BATFE has

Already gone after High-Power Rocketry people, essentially trying to kill THAT hobby.

[Bluzmann57]

4. Oh great! Now I have to find another hobby.

I just started to get into RC Cars and stuff. It's fun, and as far as my technological skills are concerned, absolutely no threat whatsoever to national security. In reality, nearly anything can be a threat if a person is devious enough and determined enough to make it so.

[HereSince1628]

7. Old, old Superman episode from the 50's used R/C planes

to blow up buildings.

This demonstrates what we REALLY need to ban is Nostalgia TV.

Next thing is obviously gonna be the outlawing of shoe-phones.

[Ian David]

5. Fortunately, we have a defense against small, un-manned drone planes...

Special-Ops Cody To The Rescue!

[TlalocW]

6. Great... I've put my 4-year-old nephew on a government list!

I gave him a remote control "Lightning McQueen" car last Christmas.

TlalocW