Clandestine Drones

Published in Haló Noviny
(Czech Republic) on 8 July 2016
by Alexander Černý (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Mark Nuckols. Edited by Elizabeth Cosgriff.
In recent days, news has surfaced that a request for permission by the U.S. Army to fly pilotless aircraft, which can be as large as cargo planes, has been awaiting our reply for two months already.

Czech officials apparently don’t consider it necessary to inform the public about such things. Now there’s been a response from the Ministry of Transportation, which, as its spokesman says, is doing everything to make it possible for the U.S. military drones to fly over our republic’s territory. They say it’s mainly a matter of seeing that everything is in accord with our laws and meets a high degree of safety.

Evidently our government elites are not getting too worked up over the fact that Global Hawk drones carry spy technology, which in addition to photography is capable of many other activities Americans welcome such as monitoring phone conversations, and so on. The Germans have already addressed this kind of drone request, and they had a really big problem with it. And so, when such “aircraft” show up over Germany, they must have all equipment turned off, so that they can’t conduct monitoring. The U.S. apparently believes, quite mistakenly, that Russia will be the one creating all the problems. Our state is a free country, but in this case it seems to many of us that we’re a mere lackey of the U.S., not to mention NATO.


V posledních dnech se objevila zpráva, že u nás leží již pár měsíců žádost americké armády o povolení pro přelety bezpilotních letadel, které se mohou rovnat velikostí s dopravními letouny.

Představitelé České republiky zřejmě nepovažují za nutné informovat veřejnost o takovýchto nápadech. Teď se ozvalo ministerstvo dopravy, které, jak jeho mluvčí říká, dělá vše pro to, aby se vojenské drony USA mohly pohybovat nad územím naší republiky. Prý zatím jednají o tom, aby vše bylo v souladu s našimi zákony a vysokou mírou bezpečnosti.

Patrně naše vládní elity příliš nevzrušuje, že drony Global Hawk jsou nositeli špionážní techniky, která mimo zajištění fotografií umí i mnoho dalších, pro Američany vítaných činností. Například monitorování telefonických hovorů, atd. Němci již tuto žádost řešili. Měli s tím opravdu velký problém. A tak, pokud se tyto »letouny« objeví, musí mít nad Německem vypnuté všechny přístroje, aby nemohly monitorovat situaci. USA se zřejmě zcela mylně domnívají, že veškeré problémy vytváří Rusko. Náš stát je svobodnou zemí, ale v tomto případě mnohým z nás připadá, že jsme pouhým pohůnkem USA, potažmo NATO.
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1 COMMENT

  1. Anytime the Czech Republic does not want to be a “lackey of the U.S.” pease let us know and we will stop protecting and helping you. Maybe the Soviets will take you back if you are nice to them 🙂