EU planning to operate fleet of drones, intelligence agency, airforce

[J Ed]

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/bruno-...-own-and-operate-spy-drones-and-an-air-force/

The European Union is planning to “own and operate” spy drones, surveillance satellites and aircraft as part of a new intelligence and security agency under the control of Baroness Ashton.
The controversial proposals are a major move towards creating an independent EU military body with its own equipment and operations, and will be strongly opposed by Britain.
Officials told the Daily Telegraph that the European Commission and Lady Ashton’s European External Action Service want to create military command and communication systems to be used by the EU for internal security and defence purposes. Under the proposals, purchasing plans will be drawn up by autumn.

So when methods of political and economic coercion for overturning popular mandates fails, Brussels wants to send in the drones.

 

[DotCommunist]

a dodgy entity abrogating itself more and more powers no fucker voted for? shocked.

Baroness ffs, always at it

 

[coley]

Internal security and defence? Against who exactly?

 

[DotCommunist]

terrorism. and if you question that motive, you are one

 

[SpookyFrank]

We should just divide up defence tasks amongst the existing armed forces of Europe. If we need some fat inbred ginger toff to blow up primary schools with a drone running off an xbox controller, we get the British to do it. If someone needs a jolly good surrendering to, we call the French.

 

[treelover]

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/bruno-...-own-and-operate-spy-drones-and-an-air-force/



So when methods of political and economic coercion for overturning popular mandates fails, Brussels wants to send in the drones.

is this Caroline Ashton formerly of CND in the early 80's.

 

[J Ed]

Catherine, but yeah she was in the CND ffs

 

[SpookyFrank]

Internal security and defence? Against who exactly?

The Soviet Union of course

 

[SpineyNorman]

If you're not doing anything wrong you don't have anything to worry about though innit

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

If you're not doing anything wrong you don't have anything to worry about though innit

Oh shit. Is that how it works? I'm always doing things wrong.

 

[SpineyNorman]

Oh shit. Is that how it works? I'm always doing things wrong.

I'm afraid so - put a spoon in the knife drawer and bam! Drone attacks

 

[ViolentPanda]

terrorism. and if you question that motive, you are one

Also, to "police" trans-Mediterranean migration.