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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 12:07 PM Apr 2013

Video clip of MA State Police helicopter hovering over boat in thermal imaging

Massachusetts State Police gave the go-ahead on releasing this official video shot from the airwing helicopter that hovered over the backyard boat where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s week of terror met its end on Friday night.

You see it all here: thermal imaging, the bomb squad pulling off the tarp, the tossing of flash bangs. This moving image will linger.


http://hypervocal.com/news/2013/helicopter-video-capture-boston/

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Video clip of MA State Police helicopter hovering over boat in thermal imaging (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Apr 2013 OP
Remarkable technology cleduc Apr 2013 #1
Very useful technology, developed for the military, MineralMan Apr 2013 #2
Holy cow. BumRushDaShow Apr 2013 #3
Incredible. I am so glad no one else got hurt there. uppityperson Apr 2013 #4

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
2. Very useful technology, developed for the military,
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 12:41 PM
Apr 2013

and now in use by law enforcement. It proved to be extremely important in that situation, as did the robots, also developed for military use. Some might see that as ominous. I see it as a valuable use of technology.

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