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Civil rights groups and law enforcement agencies often clash when privacy rights are pitted against police searches.
But Dane Claussen, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, generally agrees with guidelines from the International Association of Chiefs of Police for using drones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, equipped with high-tech spy cameras.
Like most veterans who showed up for Tuesday’s opening of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Las Vegas, 75-year-old Tom Stacey was pleased with the service he received. The $1 billion VA Medical Center opened for limited services Tuesday on the first floor of the six-floor structure.
Imagine swarms of drone aircraft fighting the wars of the future. One big remotely piloted “bird” could control an array of stealthy planes with bombs and missiles to “knock the door down” for manned fighter jets high over enemy territory via satellite links to a ground station in Nevada. Or South Dakota. Or anywhere.