I thought the army drones were down in Bangkok, making speeches.

14 minutes ago, OneeyedJohn said:

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.

 

Exactly haha

3 hours ago, lexilis said:

I presume the drones are not armed!

 

It is the future,police and army are going to be using drones for patrolling.

Don't worry about them taking your picture,do you have any idea how many times per day you are being filmed or have your picture taken?

Drones are a lot faster and cheaper to deploy ,if they sense something wrong,send in the dogs!!

When in worry, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

So you actually saw the plane you posted or you are thinking/wishing it was that? 

 

It could have been a crop-dusting drone. They are used for other things, perhaps some aerial surveying of something. 

47 minutes ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

 

Now I definetly would not want to come across ED 209 anywhere in Chiang Mai. That thing shoots for no reason at all lol.

2 hours ago, lexilis said:

not enough resolution for facial recognition from several thousand feet up.

I Wouldn't bet on that !

10 minutes ago, lee b said:

That thing shoots for no reason at all lol.

You have 5 seconds to comply !!!

Well at least it beats droning on about the smoke.

2 hours ago, Farma said:

Don't worry...china's got that covered already

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-facial-recognition-idUSKBN20W0WL

Interesting.  Much faster than I would have thought.  I know they do "walking gait" recognition too, but that doesn't work in large crowds (large cities).

But the system struggles to identify people with both a mask and sunglasses, he said.

Put on a pair of sunglasses and face mask and they have nothing to go on for now ....

5 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

drink indoors guys

 

 Better than a being another doom and gloomer , on this forum. 

Nuff said ...

my advice, dont look up and stare at it

8 hours ago, Trujillo said:

So you actually saw the plane you posted or you are thinking/wishing it was that? 

 

It could have been a crop-dusting drone. They are used for other things, perhaps some aerial surveying of something. 

I've seen one, and more importantly heard it. Too high for a crop duster, and the wing looks designed for altitude. Having seen a large military aircraft doing laps of the superhighway a few years ago - presumably practising by targeting cars or some such - I'd guess it was doing something similar, though I suppose it could have be looking for gatherings.

As revenue streams dry up looking for backyard vapours ????

I think it's a wind up...

13 minutes ago, Antonymous said:

I think it's a wind up...

Sounds and looks like one of these, and Thailand has them:

 

 

41 minutes ago, taotoo said:

Sounds and looks like one of these, and Thailand has them:

 

 

 

Yes, but in Thailand they have to wind them up.

 

 

I don't think there is anything sinister in this. The RTA 7th Division is based just north of CM and they would use these drones for surveillance if the division was deployed anywhere. With no air traffic now they might be just using the opportunity for training to operate the vehicles over dense urban environments.

I'm no expert, but if the drone is a MQ9 Reaper they are quite impressive when you read the specs.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper

 

The RTA drones are not Reapers, which is a much larger air vehicle. The actual RTA model is identified up-thread. They are not armed. 

On 4/15/2020 at 3:19 PM, CGW said:

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 ????

Your clever use of the word sheeple has convinced my that you are correct

Had one over Hang Dong yesterday.   They should be armed and attack every red light jumper and when they've killed all those off the next target should be corner cutting Bikers !