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Police helicopters aren't easily configured to launch Hellfire anti-tank missiles.

• Goronmon 11y ago
  So, the problem isn't the use of drones, it's how readily the drones can be equipped with weapons?
  • merpnderp 11y ago
    You think people would be cool with the military operating Apache gunships for police enforcement as long as the missiles and rockets were removed?
    • Goronmon 11y ago
      Personally, I think its one of things that sounds scarier than it is. I mean, sure, I would be nervous if there was evidence that armed helicopters/drones are flying over the US in the situations we are talking about here. But as long as they are unarmed, I'm not too worried. Even if the government used a specific fleet of non-combat related drones, that wouldn't stop them from switching over to combat-ready drones tomorrow if they so wished it.
    • samstave 11y ago
      Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8DQlqemkcQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8DQlqemkcQ
• douche 11y ago
  Only because the police don't have the funds to purchase them regularly. A lot of police helicopters are surplus Hueys, Blackhawks, or Kiowas. They may not have the targeting packages in them any more, but it doesn't take a ton of ingenuity to up-arm them, as was done in the early stages of Vietnam, before the specialized gunship helicopters were developed.