alt Hacker NewsMaybe, or maybe it’s just good policy to not import a network of drones from an adversary to democracies across the world, which includes the EU most importantly as China helps Russia with its invasion of Ukraine and is gearing up for some activity in Taiwan.
People can just record all this stuff on their iPhones that they already have. You don’t need a DJI drone to record police malfeasance. Maybe you do in China or Iran though. In Iran they are just mowing people down. In China you get disappeared. Interesting that there are no protests about those things though. I guess they just have better social media marketing.
Replies
im in canada, but my mayor has been sharing details about emergency construction faily by including drone recorded footage of it.
its very useful reporting updates about when the water will be back at full capacity.
> as China helps Russia with its invasion of Ukraine
America is helping Russia with its invasion of Ukraine.
I think propping up the domestic small drone industry is clearly in America's national strategic interest. Hobbyists may not like it, but their toys have become potent weapons of war, so it's important for America that we don't count on importing all of them from China.