Thursday, November 03, 2011

DHS-Funded Taser Drone Launched in Texas

A Department of Homeland Security-funded surveillance drone deployed against insurgents in Afghanistan that can also be used to tase suspects from above has been unveiled by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office and will be operational within a month. “At $500,000 a pop, Montgomery county spent $250,000 to get the UAV. The rest was covered by a Department of Homeland Security grant,” reports KBTX.com
Although its initial role will be limited to surveillance, the ShadowHawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, previously used against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and East Africa, has the ability to tase suspects from above as well as carrying 12-gauge shotguns and grenade launchers. The ShadowHawk is a 50lb mini drone chopper that can be fitted with an XREP taser with the ability to fire four barbed electrodes that can be shot to a distance of 100 feet, delivering “neuromuscular incapacitation” to the victim. The drone can travel at a top speed of 70MPH and can operate for 3.5 hours over land and sea...more

Go here for my previous post on drones. Here's a video of it's capabilities:

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! And I thought that it would be years before the feds deployed drones against us here in the USA. But why should I be surprised, when they are moving fast in other ways to destroy our nation and our freedoms.

Anonymous said...

BIG SIS AND B-O ARE OUT TO GET YOU.