Spy Drone Can See What You are Wearing From 17,500 Feet

This is what we are up against and it's name is ARGUS.  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA's) Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System (ARGUS). Big brother sees everyone and everything....


Spy Drone Can See What You are Wearing From 17,500 Feet










A new camera developed by the Pentagon's research arm was highlighted in a recent special on PBS' "Nova" in an episode called "Rise of the Drones." It's a camera system so detailed it can discern specific movements and even what a subject is wearing.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA's) Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System (ARGUS) has 1.8 billion pixels (1.8 gigapixels), making it the world' highest resolution camera. The sensors on the camera are so precise, PBS stated it is the equivalent to the capabilities of 100 Predator drones in a medium city.

In the clip from PBS, it is said this is the first time the government has allowed information to be shared about these capabilities.

"It is important for the public to know that some of these capabilities exist," Yiannis Antonaides with contractor BAE Systems said in the clip, but noted the sensor itself cannot be revealed. "Because we are not allowed to expose some of the pieces that make up this sensor, so you get to look a pretty plastic curtains."

The technology allows the user to open up a specific windows of interest in the camera's view while still keeping up an image of the larger picture (sort of like split screen). Antonaides explained that the colored boxes in the image show that the sensor recognized moving objects. "You can see individuals crossing the street. You can see individuals walking in parking lots. There's actually enough resolution to see the people waving their arms or walking around or what kind of clothes they wear," he said. PBS noted that ARGUS can actually see much more details than just attire.

 It can see objects as small as six inches. At 2:23 in the clip, Antonaides points out that from 17,500 feet, a white object in the field of view is a bird flying. PBS pointed out that DARPA put a time crunch on creating the camera, which lead Antonaides to look into technology that you probably have in your purse or pocket at this very moment. Taking similar imaging systems used in smartphones and putting 368 together, is essentially how Antonaides and other engineers at BAE Systems created ARGUS. It is this "mosaic" of cameras that allows the system to zoom in on specific sections in extreme detail. As for data, the system stores up to 1 million terabytes a day. Putting this into perspective, PBS notes this is equal to 5,000 hours of HD footage.

"You can go back and say 'I would like to know what happened at this particular location three days, two hours, four minutes ago' and it would actually show you what happened as if you were watching it live," Antonaides said.

It is still classified information whether ARGUS has been used in the field yet.

"If we had our choice, we would like ARGUS to be over the same area 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That's not very achievable with manned platforms. This is where UAVs come in and they're absolutely the perfect platform," Antonaides said.

President Barack Obama's authorization of military aid to the Syrian rebels "dramatically" increases U.S. support for the opposition, the White House said Friday, while acknowledging that it will take time for the supplies to reach fighters struggling in their clashes with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

U.S. officials said the new aid would include weapons and ammunition and comes in response to firmer evidence from the White House of chemical weapons use by Assad's regime.

"There's already material that's been flowing to the opposition and that will continue in the weeks to come," said Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser.

Obama has said the use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line," suggesting greater American intervention. While a small percentage of the 93,000 people reportedly killed in Syria are said to have died from chemical weapons — U.S. intelligence puts the number at 100 to 150 — the White House views the deployment of the deadly agents as a flouting of international norms.

Rhodes said Obama made the decision to authorize military aid to the rebels over the past few weeks. He also defended the president's caution on the issue, saying "these are not steps the president takes lightly."

Not to worried about it seeing what I am wearing....
as long as it can't see through..... what I am wearing!

Now add 30,000 to the U.S.
Now you know why the s p y center is so big in computing and data storage!

Now you know why the fires are burning off foliage right? Like Steve Quayle said... no where to hide!
Under a tree and standing still they would need heat sensors and I think maybe they need to be a lot lower for that but could be wrong.

They will hunt down anyone outside the agenda 21 borders... you will assimilate or else!!!

Now you know why there were CAVE MEN!

Yeah that's the video I mentioned in another thread, Spring you posted it a long while back. Argus is actually the old stuff. (like the guy said he cobbled it together from a bunch of readily available radio shack type stuff and also why they're showing it on PBS)

I guess the jist of it is the same, nowhere to run from the devils, trust Jesus. Forget about the red & green boxes and zooming in. If you have your smartphone in your pocket or you're behind the wheel of a modern car, or carrying a debit card they also know "WHO" is in the box waving his/her arms. Iphones used to have 2 MP cameras, the new Nokias have 6 carl zeiss lenses that produce a 41 MP photo & they can still GIVE the phone to you with the right activation agreement and a useless trade-in.

spring2 wrote:

Now add 30,000 to the U.S.
Now you know why the s p y center is so big in computing and data storage!

Now you know why the fires are burning off foliage right? Like Steve Quayle said... no where to hide!
Under a tree and standing still they would need heat sensors and I think maybe they need to be a lot lower for that but could be wrong.

They will hunt down anyone outside the agenda 21 borders... you will assimilate or else!!!

Now you know why there were CAVE MEN!