[Scan-DC] DC "drone"?

[michael rumberg]

Ha!  well played, sir.   :)

back in 2004 I had the great fortune to spend 8 hours with one of the senior security officials for the Athens Olympics. This is the drone they used:   
http://www.plaza.ch/skyship/security.htm

one thing I thought was particularly cool was their ability to track a vehicle, in real time, for more than 120 hours using a chemical marker surreptitiously placed on a vehicle.  This method was way better than a GPS device because those were easily detectable by their transmissions  or size (GR didnt have burst transmitters back then).  The chemical is easily applied to the subject vehicle (or even pets!) and is virtually undetectable.   The blimp would record the movements of the vehicle and analysts could then surveil the vehicle in real-time or later pull up its movements and see exactly what routes it took and where it stopped and for how long.  

no noisy helicopters or "Ross" flights endlessly circling over 7 Corners to draw attention - just a silent unobtrusive balloon 10,000 feet up. 

technology is even better now....

> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 19:27:42 -0700
> From: jrkahn at att.net
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] DC "drone"?
> 
> I wonder if they will outfit them with license tag readers, too, just to get the tag number of any cruise missle that goes by too fast!
>  
> Joel R Kahn
> 
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> ________________________________
>  From: Doug Kitchener <oldsdoug at yahoo.com>
> To: "scan-dc at mailman.qth.net" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> 
> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 1:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] DC "drone"?
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> 
> Rick, you're right... if it wasn't purposely set up for that, I'm sure it's a handy sideline.
> 
> I wonder if anyone's read _1984_ recently...
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Rick Bestany <rbestany at allegiansystems.com>
> > To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> > Cc: 
> > Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 10:30 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] DC "drone"?
> > 
> > Do you really think they are worried about cruise missiles? This is just another 
> > domestic surveillance platform. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > 
> > From: "Doug Kitchener" <oldsdoug at yahoo.com> 
> > To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net 
> > Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 7:31:06 PM 
> > Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] DC "drone"? 
> > 
> > Ummm... wait a second... I'm not supposed to be alarmed at the thought that 
> > we need to be protected from cruise missiles? 
> > 
> >> ________________________________ 
> >>  From: David Cohen <cohenner at gmail.com> 
> >> To: "Brooks, Kurt" <knbrooks at wusa9.com> 
> >> Cc: "Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net" <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>; 
> > Steve Sakach <Sps3853 at covad.net>; Blair Thompson <b_thom at juno.com> 
> >> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 4:47 PM 
> >> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] DC "drone"? 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> And then there is this story I just dug up: 
> >> 
> >> http://www.nationaljournal.com/nationalsecurity/don-t-be-alarmed-by-the-drone-blimps-hovering-over-d-c-they-re-here-to-stop-cruise-missiles-20130726 
> > 
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