US Drones To Be Deployed In Zimbabwe
27 December 2012
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Drones are to be deployed in Zimbabwe soon after they were given the green light by the US State Department for use to track criminals fleeing neighbouring South Africa, ZimEye can reveal.
The effect of the permission means, as done before, the deadly machines could easily be used to track poachers escaping South Africa across the nation’s borders into Zimbabwe, Mozambique Botswana or Namibia.
Animal conservationist Clive Vivier, co-founder of the Zululand Reserve in South Africa, has just been granted permission by the US state department to buy US made surveillance drones to protect the animals from poachers. The move comes as Africa’s rhino population was threatened with extinction and more than 650 of the animals killed this year alone by poachers who sell their ivory rich horns to lucrative Asian markets.

 
Vivier will now be able to buy Arcturus T-20 drones which have the ability to detect persons carrying fire arms making them capable of also detecting and tracking terrorists.
“It can tell whether a man is carrying a shovel or firearm and whether he has his finger on the trigger or not,” said Vivier.
“We can see the poacher but he can’t see us. We’re good at arresting them when we know where they are. Otherwise it’s a needle in a haystack.”
While the Arcturus T-20 can hold internal & external missile payloads, being a civilian, Mr Viver’s drones will not carry bombs or missiles. Its primary use will be reconnaissance of poachers.
 
Unmanned flying toys already on sale in the UK
ZimEye can also reveal that in the United Kingdom, unmanned flying objects are already on sale in local corner shops for as little as £80. At one corner shop, a shopowner explained to this publication how the machine carries a camera and hard disk which can record film footage making it easy for civilians to carry out their own surveillence activities at ease. One local police officer was seen in Leeds saying he would seek permission to use the machines for day to day police tracking of violent criminals.
 
More About Drones
The drone technology which has been used by the US government in its War on terror, could at any time easily be deployed for other reasons such as tracking proponents of violence.
 
The latest drones have the capability to stay in the air for at least 82 hours without landing making them highly sophisticated and able to travel long distances.
 
The US government has used them in combat in Afghanistan and Pakistan to track terrorists and other wanted persons.  A drone was used in a targeted attack that killed Abu Yahya al-Libi Al Qaeda’s second-in-command in June this year.
 
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS), also known as drones, are aircrafts either controlled by ‘pilots’ from the ground or increasingly, autonomously following a pre-programmed mission. (While there are dozens of different types of drones, they basically fall into two categories: those that are used for reconnaissance and surveillance purposes and those that are armed with [both reconnaissance cameras and] missiles and bombs.
 
The use of drones has grown quickly in recent years because unlike manned aircraft they can stay aloft for many hours (Zephyr a British drone under development has just broken the world record by flying for over 82 hours nonstop); they are much cheaper than military aircraft and they are flown remotely so there is no danger to the flight crew, writes Chris Cole and Jim Wright in a recent Peace News issue.

22 Replies to “US Drones To Be Deployed In Zimbabwe”

  1. u need to watch a movie called Termminator. U wil wish technology never exist in our lifez

  2. What sort of a nocturnal insect is the one called makhaveli? Sounds a piece of Sh*t from Mashland.

  3. Jumpdaki is a sadist loser probably unemployed and surviving on male prostitution proceeds from his male customers.He has nothing positive to say and thinks Muthwakazi is reality.

  4. Isu Ana Reason tanyarara, why not use the drones in SA which is infested with criminals to the core. Baba Mugabe rambai here is another trick by the west.

  5. The biggest ‘mistake’ these drones should do is HIT THE PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE. That will be sweet.

  6. somebody call his His Exellency e commanda in chief of e Zim defence forces, Mr Vivian, Zim is a sovreignity go bek 2 Texan mhani, poor farm worker if u continue thinkin lyk a poor farmer u will u b a peasent farmer ndiani anga siye such disguisd us invesion Haapana, zvika netsa ticha ita zvechi comrade, varungu came under a mining nd hunting banner nd eventualy took ova Dzimbadze mabwe now vadzoka manje isu ma youth HAPANA!! @patriot 263

  7. The ZimEye should open its eyes properly, how dare you call these leathal weapons £80.00 toys. i am gobsmacked because which leeds you are referring to. you are making your country citizens stupid in the eys of the world. All security services and organisations in Zimbabwe need to scrutinise these machines before its late. All Zimbabweans are are educated than you think. Catch a work up!

  8. thanks to you Omugabe for the good explanation. if tsunami comes at its peak it will never know you are ndebele or shona but will wipe you all to the sea. Ndebeles are just angry because the shonas have almost married all their sisters. shona man are best to ndebele women but how many ndebele men marry shona women? they talk of fighting, too much insults etc. Do you think you can run Zimbabwe?

  9. Mr Vavier got it very very wrong. A drone is nearly $400 000.00 but he thinks black people are daft. Such kind of weaponry is making America an enemy everywhere in the world today. For the one who is always odds with tribalism, empty vessels make the most terrible and annoying noise because they cannot contain even a drop of water. Bring better privileges for the country rather than pinning yourself in post war era.

  10. Wake the hell up, Africans!
    These machines ARE LESS ABOUT so-called poachers and the well being of African animals!
    These machines that are being operated by the criminal euro colonialists in South Africa, are US SPY DRONES!
    And they should be erased whenever possible.

  11. Pumpkinhead I am Mthwakazian and not a sho0na so how can I talk to baboons and fly in in a winowing basket? You are known the world over for being faceless.

  12. Security forces,watch out.These guys do not normally deploy drones for civilian purposes like poaching.Remember elections are around the corner and a lot of threats against a possible winner have been made.This drone deploymement may just be as lethal as Nyikayaramba’s statement.

  13. Pumpnja,stop your nonsense yonke ledoti oyishoyo yenzeka kini le ebathakathini .Umhlaba wonke lo ulazi ngobuthakathi langobunja benu zinja zamahole.wena nja Miki shut up you rubbish.

  14. He he he he he Cde Pumpkin and Cde Thabo, you really made my day. Mukadog, try to be real for once. Me drinking for the last time? What a joke. Well, 2013 is the year for patriotic Zimbabweans and the end to all sellout parties.

  15. There is nothing special about drones and what they are capable of doing.Here,we can do more in the likes of Jumpdaki who can make a meeting with baboons,Ndumiso can fly to Murehwa in a basket,Cde Naked can make a love concotion using locally produced baboon urine,and Xolani can manufacture lightning in summer.Oh,he can also tame dangerous hyenas into Mtwakazi motorbikes.

  16. Hwaaaaahwaaaa Bla Miki stop taking the mickey retard, these drones are meant for those zanooo thieving bastards who have systematically deciminated our national wildlife in the name of indigenisation, sovereignity and independence. Be careful mickey mouse drinking at your favourite drinking holes will be pastime very soon.

  17. They can also be used to track down idiots such as Makwembedog, Jumpdog, Gaygodzva and many others

  18. Editor: Why make bandits panic, the whole scheme is for poachers not our local bandits who terrorise innocent civilians at election time.

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