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The U.S. Government Just Followed Through on Its Ban of DJI Drones

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Re: The U.S. Government Just Followed Through on Its Ban of DJI Drones

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Post by HarHarVeryFunny »

jadedanalyst wrote: post #50
Kapura wrote: post #2

Seeing how drone warfare has become the new hot front in 21st century conflicts like Ukraine, it's hard not to speculate on the implications of this as political unrest continues to rise in the U.S. It's no secret that the current U.S. regime views a sizeable portion of its own civilian citizens as enemy combatants. They are already shooting people in the face and not even putting up a pretense of acting shocked at t…

Agreed. They can’t control the narrative if journalists and activists can observe brutal state violence against citizens with their pocket drones. I picked up an older DJI model in December and am super glad I did with recent events.

They'll probably consider you a domestic terrorist if you use it, then shoot you.

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Post by jjk166 »

glitchc wrote: post #84

This ban has more to do with how much geodetic data is being transmitted to China and less to do with the actual drone technology. People flying DJI drones are mapping the US on China's behalf, and that too with great fidelity.

Satellite synthetic aperture radar can have a resolution of like 6 inches. I can't imagine consumer grade drones are significantly improving on this, and even if they could do better I would question the utility of higher resolution data for anything military related.

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

alex43578 wrote: post #103
goatlover wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's not what happened. Why does this keep getting repeated? The videos from different angles are out there for everyone to see.

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It's absolutely wild to me that two people can watch the same video and come up with completely different conclusions as to what happened.

> She sees he is there, puts it in drive, and pulls forward.

The fact that her steering was cranked to the right is proof enough that she was not intending on hitting him.

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Post by DIVx0 »

simianparrot wrote: post #80
jadedanalyst wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. They can’t control the narrative if journalists and activists can observe brutal state violence against citizens with their pocket drones. I picked up an older DJI model in December and am super glad I did with recent events.

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Post by showerst »

explorigin wrote: post #61
showerst wrote: post #14

I'm in favor of tighter regulation on drone imports, both for national security reasons and to try to jumpstart a US drone industry. Not allowing _any_ foreign made components, however, is insane, as is not even auditing DJI when they didn't put up a fight. They have to know they're just killing the small drone industry completely.

> CTO & Co-Founder, GovHawk. Checks out. More legislation boosts your business.

Both making and removing regulation boosts my business, as my clients care about changes. That said, I assure you that one regulation getting made out of millions has no effect on my bottom line.

The drone thing is a personal opinion. If the US ends up in a war (whether it’s one I agree with or not, likely not), I don’t want millions of drones to be remote controllable by the folks we’re fighting.

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Post by gordonhart »

mothballed wrote: post #104
pixl97 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hence they are vulnerable to their suppliers....

The lesson learned from Ukraine is that importation of drones is a terrific asset, rather than a liability. Maybe you think that lesson would not apply to the USA, but that wouldn't be a lesson learned from Ukraine, rather the lesson learned would be the opposite.

The lesson learned from Ukraine is that a robust drone supply chain is very important. For some countries it doesn't matter if this supply chain is rooted in China, for others it matters a lot.

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Post by venndeezl »

mikkupikku wrote: post #107
gruez wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>They did murder a woman, but I agree that one murder is far short of a civil war. "violence" covers more than just murder, and there's plenty of ICE violence to go around.

Protestors and cops having tussles in the streets falls short of my bar for "brutal violence"; shooting a woman in the face certainly qualifies, but I am not seeing anything like that so widespread that it could motivate a drone ban like some people in this discussion are asserting. The political violence in America right now doesn't even come close to what was normal in living memory in the 20th century. America tod…

> The DJI ban is about China, not domestic protests.

It can be about both.

Two birds, one stone.

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