Surveillance Drones

Hey again. Last episode i covered about aerial surveillance. It must have been a newfound knowledge for you guys. In this entry, i will do some sort of sequels of the last entry which will be focusing on Surveillance drones. So what in the world is surveillance drones? First you will need to know about drone technology.

 Generally, we call the drones but their real name according to military terms are UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) or RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems). Drones can be in the form of big plane to micro drones at the size of a small bird.

• Micro air vehicle (MAV) – the smallest UAVs that can weight less than 1g.
• Miniature UAV (also called SUAS) – approximately less than 25 kg.
• Heavier UAVs. 

 They are used in situations where manned flight is considered too risky or difficult. Their function can be in the form of reconnaissance, logistics, surveillance, dogfights, supplier and even casual use such as camera for photography and recording.  In surveillance, surveying through manned

notable surveillance capabilities

*  advanced surveillance such as live-feed video cameras, infrared cameras, heat sensors, and radar.

*  stay in air the hours for hours or days at a time

*  high-tech cameras capable of scanning entire cities, if they zoom in and read a milk carton from

   60,000 feet (military version)

*  wifi crackers and fake cell phone towers that can determine your location or intercept your texts

    and phone calls.

Despite the advancement of this surveillance technology, public and privacy law has constantly condemning the drone technology which have a disturbing tendency that move the function of surveillance of warfront to the surveillance of homefront. It is also reported that in some countries police may believed to be using drones to spy on citizens with no warrant or legal process whatsoever. Our freedom and privacy can easily being put at risk. 

A military heavy surveillance drone

helicopter micro drones being used by military in afghanistan

Small lightweight police drones that is used for surveillance