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Weaponized Laser Equipped Drone Testing

On July 26, the U.S. Air National Guard will get the green light to begin firing lasers from unmanned attack drones in a vast swath of skies over North Dakota, despite the concerns of local commercial pilots.

At the Devils Lake home of the North Dakota Army National Guard, pilots train on MQ-1 Predator drones — the most prevalent unmanned attack vehicle in the military arsenal. In late June the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published an updated set of rules and regulations covering Devils Lake, creating several large restricted airspaces over the Camp Gilbert C. Grafton military base.

The reason: the Air Force plans to begin tests of potentially dangerous lasers shot remotely from the drone.

“Sorties will be limited to the minimum necessary for training, be confined to restricted airspace, and be executed against ground targets for laser designation, completely within an existing Army small arms weapons training range,” Billie Jo Lorius, a public information officer with the North Dakota National Guard, told FoxNews.com.

The lasers aren’t intended as weapons, as were those built on the jumbo jet operated by the Air Force in the Airborne Laser Test Bed program, which was officially mothballed in February. Rather they are targeting lasers fixed on a spot on the ground, which can be used to steer other explosives to a target.

The Air Force is not testing them yet but expects to begin soon, Lorius said.

‘Sorties will be … executed against ground targets for laser designation within an existing Army small arms weapons training range.’

- Billie Jo Lorius, a public information officer with the North Dakota National Guard, told FoxNews.com.

“Air Force RPA [remotely piloted aircraft] laser use in North Dakota, expected to begin in mid-FY13, will be conducted only for Continuation Training (CT) sorties,” she said. Fiscal year 2013 begins in October.

Yet because such lasers pose a risk to the eyes, especially for other pilots operating in the area, the limitations were necessary and the North Dakota location was required — despite the complaints of area pilots.

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Nevada Desert Experience - August Desert Witness PEACE Events Public Event · By Mary Lou AndersonSunday, August 5, 2012 2:00pm in PDT Multiple Locations - SEE INFO! August 5 Book Signing: Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control with Author and Activist Medea Benjamin, co-Founder of the organization CODEPINK: Women for Peace Sunday August 5 2:00 to 4:00 pm EMERGENCY ARTS 520 Fremont Street Las Vegas, NV 89101 Come hear Medea Benjamin read from her new book, Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control. This is an excellent conversation starter and well-rounded introduction to the subject. Benjamin is great at connecting the dots, raising ethical questions and speaking passionately. The Beat Cafe will be open, and the event will be in the Common Gallery on the first floor. August 6 to 9 Protests Against the Largest Drone Convention in the World AUVSI Meets at Mandalay Bay Convention Center 8000 People from 40 Countries If you want to help be a fly in the ointment of this new killing machine's smooth running, check in with NDE as plans develop further with other allies. August 9 Anti-Test at the Mercury Entrance to the Nevada Test Site (Nevada National Security Site) 6:30 to 8:00 am (Before it gets really hot!)... And then in Las Vegas Educational Picket at the National Atomic Testing Museum 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

• •  Sunday, August 5, 2012
  • 2:00pm in PDT

• Multiple Locations - SEE INFO!

• August 5 Book Signing: Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control with Author and Activist Medea Benjamin, co-Founder of the organization CODEPINK: Women for Peace Sunday August 5 2:00 to 4:00 pm EMERGENCY ARTS 520 Fremont Street Las Vegas, NV 89101 Come hear Medea Benjamin read from her new book, Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control. This is an excellent conversation starter and well-rounded introduction to the subject. Benjamin is great at connecting the dots, raising ethical questions and speaking passionately. The Beat Cafe will be open, and the event will be in the Common Gallery on the first floor. August 6 to 9 Protests Against the Largest Drone Convention in the World AUVSI Meets at Mandalay Bay Convention Center 8000 People from 40 Countries If you want to help be a fly in the ointment of this new killing machine's smooth running, check in with NDE as plans develop further with other allies. August 9 Anti-Test at the Mercury Entrance to the Nevada Test Site (Nevada National Security Site) 6:30 to 8:00 am (Before it gets really hot!)... And then in Las Vegas Educational Picket at the National Atomic Testing Museum 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Greet visitors to this museum that is devoted to remembering the Cold War in all its nuclear glory...and not much of the horror. We will informally supplement the discourse and remind people of the ongoing fallout from the use of the atomic bomb in 1945 as we memorialize the victims in Nagasaki (and Hiroshima). For other actions around the southwest and as part of the move to "un-Occupy the Nuclear Weapons Complex, visit NukeFreeNow.org

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Japanese celebrate nuclear shutdown

Thousands rally as last of reactors closes, but many still see benefits

Associated Press

Published 10:59 p.m., Saturday, May 5, 2012

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  Participants raise banners with a slogan, "Good bye, nuclear power station", at a rally protesting against the usage of nuclear energy in Tokyo Saturday, May 5, 2012. Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the last of this nation's 50 nuclear reactors switching off Saturday, shaking banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

TOKYO — Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nation's 50 nuclear reactors Saturday, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol.
Japan was without electricity from nuclear power for the first time in four decades when the reactor at Tomari nuclear plant on the northern island of Hokkaido went offline for mandatory routine maintenance.
After last year's March 11 quake and tsunami set off meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, no reactor halted for checkups has been restarted amid public worries about the safety of nuclear technology.
"Today is a historic day," Masashi Ishikawa shouted to a crowd gathered at a Tokyo park, some holding traditional "koinobori" carp-shaped banners for Children's Day that have become a symbol of the anti-nuclear movement.
"There are so many nuclear plants, but not a single one will be up and running today, and that's because of our efforts," Ishikawa said.
The activists said it is fitting that the day Japan stopped nuclear power coincides with Children's Day because of their concerns about protecting children from radiation, which Fukushima Dai-ichi is still spewing into the air and water.
The government has been eager to restart nuclear reactors, warning about blackouts and rising carbon emissions as Japan is forced to turn to oil and gas for energy.
Japan now requires reactors to pass new tests to withstand quakes and tsunami and to gain local residents' approval before restarting.
The response from people living near nuclear plants has been mixed, with some wanting them back in operation because of jobs, subsidies and other benefits to the local economy.
The mayor of Tomari city, Hiroomi Makino, is among those who support nuclear power.
"There may be various ways of thinking but it's extremely regrettable," he said of the shutdown.
Major protests, like the one Saturday, have been generally limited to urban areas like Tokyo, which had received electricity from faraway nuclear plants, including Fukushima Dai-ichi.
Before the nuclear crisis, Japan relied on nuclear power for a third of its electricity.
The crowd at the anti-nuclear rally, estimated at 5,500 by organizers, shrugged off government warnings about a power shortage.
If anything, they said, with the reactors going offline one by one, it was clear the nation didn't really need nuclear power.