Russia Is Stockpiling Drones to Spy on Street Protests

Russia Is Stockpiling Drones to Spy on Street Protests

July 26, 2012

Russia Is Stockpiling Drones to Spy on Street Protests

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchiera
wired

Small surveillance drones are starting to be part of police departments across America, and the FAA will soon open up the airspace for more to come. This drone invasion has already raised all kinds of privacy concerns. And if you think that’s bad, across the ocean, Russia seems hell-bent on outdoing its former Cold War enemy.

Putin Powers
AZRainman / Foter

Russia’s leading manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, Zala Aero, has provided the Russian government with more than 70 unmanned systems, each containing several aircraft. According to an article published yesterday on Open Democracy Russia, the Kremlin’s romance with drones started in 2006,

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