| In the past there has been no missile fast enough to | | | | Vehicles are now being used for aerial surveillance. |
| shoot down our SR-71 spy planes. The missiles could | | | | And our current enemy, a few wannabe |
| not catch them, isn't that a hoot? You fly by, | | | | miscellaneous remaining international terrorist |
| capture all the footage and leave faster than their | | | | insurgents do not have the capacity to shoot them |
| faster missiles; Pretty cool, right? Sure it was but | | | | down. Using small arms fire will not work and is liable |
| then came spy satellites with very good and robust | | | | to get them found out and then taken out upon |
| geospatial capabilities and you have heard the stories | | | | giving away their position. |
| of being able to read a license plate from outer | | | | The answer for shooting down a fast moving UAV, |
| space. | | | | spy plane, aircraft or ICBM will have to be |
| The problem with many satellites is that there is | | | | high-energy directed laser beam. Our future enemy |
| times when the satellites are not over the area of | | | | will surely be more advanced than that of the |
| interest. Indeed those stationary geo-sync satellites | | | | cakewalk enemy we are now kicking the ever-living |
| are too high up to get a high resolutions you need | | | | crap out of. The Osama bin Laden wannabe |
| from above and then there is weather too. High | | | | followers. Think on this. |
| speed and/or high altitude UAV Unmanned Aerial | | | | |