lexilis Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 For the past 4 or 5 days every morning at about 9:00 I have heard the unmistakable sound of a large scale drone going slowly over head. I am not talking about civilian hobbyists size, but a military scale. Each time I would go outside to see but never could see it, until this morning. I saw it going directly overhead. Flying much higher than I would of thought. Couple of thousand feet I would guess. Military drone. A little googling revealed that the Royal Thai Army has 4 Hermes 450 drones from the Israeli company Elbit and also that the Air Force also has 4 Aerostar drones (from a different Israeli company). Both types are about the size of the US Predator drones. I have no idea what the Army/AF is doing. Maybe they are using the stabilized camera system to look for large groups of people violating the stay-at-home policy. I presume the drones are not armed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 What stay-at-home policy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taotoo Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I think I've seen one of these - are they surprisingly loud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Puchaiyank Posted April 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2020 So many cameras...now drones! Very disconcerting... We may one day hear of people being apprehended by police for visa violations...having been spotted using drones with facial recognition capability...scary stuff... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Please keep us updated and get a pic if you can. Very concerning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HaoleBoy Posted April 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2020 39 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said: So many cameras...now drones! Very disconcerting... We may one day hear of people being apprehended by police for visa violations...having been spotted using drones with facial recognition capability...scary stuff... I think with people wearing face masks the use of AI and facial recognition is out the window ???? ... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Farma Posted April 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, HaoleBoy said: I think with people wearing face masks the use of AI and facial recognition is out the window ???? ... Don't worry...china's got that covered already Quote BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese company says it has developed the country’s first facial recognition technology that can identify people when they are wearing a mask https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-facial-recognition-idUSKBN20W0WL 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, HaoleBoy said: I think with people wearing face masks the use of AI and facial recognition is out the window ???? ... I saw a news article about a Chinese computer scientist who say he has a new AI algorithm that can still detect faces even with face masks on !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 45 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said: people being apprehended by police for visa violations They already have shiny new BMW "smart" cars for that ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexilis Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Here is picture of the Army's drone. I think this is the type I saw this morning. I do not think these can be armed. Only for surveillance. The dome below is the stabilized camera system. For tactical military use, not enough resolution for facial recognition from several thousand feet up. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post timendres Posted April 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2020 If you buy toys, you need to play with them... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ravip Posted April 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2020 Nothing to worry, if on the correct side of the law. If not, it can be quite unnerving, especially at a time like this, might drive one to the brink of sanity... very true. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Puchaiyank said: We may one day hear of people being apprehended by police for visa violations...having been spotted using drones with facial recognition capability...scary stuff... not so scary if your visa is in order... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 18 minutes ago, Farma said: Don't worry...china's got that covered already https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-facial-recognition-idUSKBN20W0WL So 'they' develop new things in additions to copying stuff? 4 minutes ago, timendres said: If you buy toys, you need to play with them... Some are getting nervous, seeing the children at play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 ...I presume the drones are not armed! Assume nothing! ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I saw a Thai Airforce Aero L-39 Albatros training jet fly over today particularly low. Later another (or the same one) came by higher. My guess is that is what you saw. Sorry to burst your conspiracy bubble. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puchaiyank Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, kenk24 said: not so scary if your visa is in order... So you do not care if cameras watch your every move? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliss Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, kenk24 said: not so scary if your visa is in order... Maybe checking where my wife is, down the village again ? ...555 Edited April 15, 2020 by elliss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kekalot Posted April 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2020 they should put FLIR cameras on those and find the idiots setting fires at night, easy to spot them with that they are white spots 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRich Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Look out for one of those submarines in the moat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said: So you do not care if cameras watch your every move? you know, not that much really as there is no chance that I will rob someone else's house and they may catch someone attempting to rob mine... I don't have any problem meeting visa requirements and don't break laws... you have legal issues? I doubt it... but. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, elliss said: Maybe checking where my wife is, down the village again ? ...555 if you find mine, let me know... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cyril sneer Posted April 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2020 drink indoors guys 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexilis Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 30 minutes ago, Trujillo said: I saw a Thai Airforce Aero L-39 Albatros training jet fly over today particularly low. Later another (or the same one) came by higher. My guess is that is what you saw. Then you would be wrong. The L-39 are jet powered. This was most definitely propeller. The sound is unmistakable. In a previous life I heard US Predators a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee b Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 54 minutes ago, lexilis said: Here is picture of the Army's drone. I think this is the type I saw this morning. I do not think these can be armed. Only for surveillance. The dome below is the stabilized camera system. For tactical military use, not enough resolution for facial recognition from several thousand feet up. WOW, when i heard drone I was completely thinking of a diffrent thing. This things huge ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiekerjozef Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 You should be worried if they are US army drones. Especially when they're flying over markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiekerjozef Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 It's their new beamer tracking down all dirty farang. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, lee b said: WOW, when i heard drone I was completely thinking of a diffrent thing. This things huge ! Me too, the last serious drone I came across a couple of years ago was something I saw on the backseat of my friends car. He said it cost 30,000 baht, so I thought that was serious for a "toy". That thing in the picture is summat else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGW Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 46 minutes ago, Trujillo said: Sorry to burst your conspiracy bubble. Are there really still sheeple out there using this statement ???? Behave yourselves people its all for your own good! Their is no ulterior motive - trust us ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLS Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Maybe they are going after arsonists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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