‘Already used by the US Army in war-zones such as Afghanistan, unmanned drones are about to be used by police departments, border patrols and even power companies. These remote-controlled planes can be equipped with high powered cameras, heat sensors and even weapons (they have been used to kill “terrorists” in the Middle-East) to track, monitor and potentially wreck havoc on groups or specific individuals. Although not yet used in the US their use on domestic soil is pretty much an inevitability. For example, the ShadowHawk, a drone conceived by the company Vanguard, greatly interests US law-enforcement groups for its weapon-bearing qualities. Its “international” version can be equipped with a 40mm grenade launcher and a 12-guage shotgun – all of this can be controlled from a laptop computer.’