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>There is an optical surveillance add-on for JLENS, but it's supposedly not on the Washington area blimp. Yet. Anyone who thinks these won't be outfitted with
by na85 12y ago
>There is an optical surveillance add-on for JLENS, but it's supposedly not on the Washington area blimp.
Yet.
Anyone who thinks these won't be outfitted with high-resolution facial/license plate detection systems and used to track people's movements is incredibly naive.
- Animats 12y agoFrom 10,000 feet, looking down? Wrong tool for the job. In practice, the main use of this thing will probably be identifying lost light plane pilots flying VFR into the Washington ADIZ. Over 1000 of them since 2009, which makes one wonder about the qualifications of general aviation pilots. This is a huge and ongoing headache; if it even looks like it might head for downtown Washington, two F-16s and a Coast Guard helicopter are launched to intercept. This has happened several hundred times now. Nobody has been shot down yet, but it's been close. A few times, fighter pilots have had to fire flares to get the attention of a light plane. (Explanation of Washington ADIZ/FRA: http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/October/Pilot/pe_technique http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/October/Pil...)
- kawsper 12y agoCan you explain what lost light plane pilots mean and what "flying VFR" means?
- waterlesscloud 12y agoSmall planes navigating primarily visually, by landmarks, might stray into restricted airspace. VFR = Visual Flight Rules, as opposed to IFR = Instrument Flight Rules.