The drones come home: unmanned aircraft have proved their prowess against al Qaeda. Now they're poised to take off on the home front. Possible missions: patrolling borders, tracking perps, dusting crops. And maybe watching us all?

Authors :: Horgan, John
Source :: National Geographic. March, 2013, Vol. 223 Issue 3, p122, 14 p.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: at the edge of a stubbly, dried-out alfalfa field outside Grand Junction, Colorado, Deputy Sheriff Derek Johnson, a stocky young man with a buzz cut, squints at a speck crawling [...]

Subjects :: United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Agricultural industry -- Military aspects
Drone aircraft -- Military aspects
Vehicles, Remotely piloted -- Military aspects
Terrorist organizations -- Military aspects
Anthropology/archeology/folklore
Environmental issues
General interest
Geography
History
Zoology and wildlife conservation

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