November 15th, 2011
Murder of crows. Pride of lions. Gaggle of geese. [?] of drones.

From CIR’s homeland security reporter G.W. Schulz.

ageofperil:

Pilotless drones have become a fixture in the public’s imagination and potent symbol of the nation’s 10-year war on terror. Who could have imagined such a thing when, say, “Back to the Future” was still in theaters?

Now that it’s a reality, and now that the Department of Homeland Security is slowly deploying them with greater frequency on the border, and now that local police are even getting in on the phenomenon, it’s time that we have some way to refer to a group of drones.

So says Kenneth Anderson, contributor to the legal blog Volokh Conspiracy. Would we merely call them a fleet? An armada, perhaps? Submit your own idea. I like “collective,” only because it’s funny and no one’s coming to a consensus anytime soon about where and when they should be used. 

Image: CBP/Gerald L. Nino

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    May I suggest a Foreboding of Drones?
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