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Hood River, Oregon, U$A: Arson Against Drone Manufacturer, Boeing Subsidiary

Posted on 2025/08/23 by darknights

In the early morning hours of July 23rd, an Insitu van was set ablaze while it sat in an empty lot across from their office in Hood River, OR. This fire was set, because the growth of the national security state poses an existential threat to all those who dream of free world. We act in total antagonism against those who enable and profit from militarism, policing and surveillance.

Insitu, a fully owned subsidiary of Boeing, develops and manufactures drone technology for military and law enforcement use. The Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack and MQ-27 ScanEagle surveillance drones have been integrated into weapons systems operated by the US Navy and Marine Corp. ScanEagle UAV’s are actively being utilized by the Saudi-led coalition forces as part of their ongoing military intervention in the Yemeni civil war.

In 2023 the Customs and Border Protection agency began conducting technology evaluations of the Blackjack and ScanEagle drones for surveillance purposes at the US-Mexico border. In 2011 Insitu introduced the Inceptor, a small unmanned helicopter designed to fit in the trunk of cop cars. This further demonstrates that technology developed for military interventions abroad will always be reconstituted for domestic counter insurgency and repression through policing and border enforcement.

As Israel continues its genocidal war against the people of Gaza, we will not forget that Boeing is among the largest manufacturers of munitions and military equipment to the IDF, including F-15 Fighter Jets and Apache Attack Helicopters. Boeing is supplying Israel with the weapons and technology that make this genocide possible. We did this action as a modest gesture of solidarity with ongoing Palestinian resistance to colonialism and apartheid — from within and outside the occupied territories — from the river to the sea

For those who burn

some anarchists

Source: Puget Sound Anarchists

Posted in Direct ActionTagged 'Border Protection', Anti-Militarist, arson attack, Boeing, Drones, Fascist Israel State, Gaza, Hood River, IDF, Insitu, International Solidarity, Israel Gaza War, Oregon, Palestine, Surveillance, USA, Vehicle Burning, War Profiteer, Yemen

Strasbourg/Cherbourg, France: Two examples of the widespread use of police drones

Posted on 2025/02/03 by darknights

Drones, the new Swiss army knives of the border police
La Presse de la Manche, January 11, 2025 (excerpt)

For the past year, drones have been used at the port of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin to monitor the restricted zone. This high-tech equipment is now being used for other missions.

For just over a year, the Prefect of the Manche department has authorized the use of drones to monitor the border zone of the port of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, the restricted access zone (ZAR) and its immediate surroundings. This is where migrants are accustomed to moving around. The drones can be adjusted to suit the weather conditions, providing high-quality images and precise positioning.

“They can fly at a maximum altitude of 120 meters, in complete silence. This means they can access places that were previously inaccessible by car, such as the rock face near the Mielles area, which is a common hiding place for migrants”, explains Chief Brigadier Anthony, a remote pilot based in Cherbourg. The thermal cameras fitted to their drones also help them to discover where migrants are hiding, particularly at night. Continue reading “Strasbourg/Cherbourg, France: Two examples of the widespread use of police drones” →

Posted in Social ControlTagged 'Border Protection', Bas-Rhin, Cherbourg, Drones, estricted access zone (ZAR), France, Migrants, Olympic Games 2024, Police Drones, Repression, Strasbourg, Surveillance

Bremen, Germany: Fire and flames for those who profit from fear. OptoPrecision attacked

Posted on 2024/12/04 by darknights

On the night of November 26, 2024, we attacked the headquarters of OptoPrecision in the Horn district of Bremen with incendiary devices. We set fire to the building in two different places. Stones, Molotov cocktails, and several liters of flammable mixture helped us with that.

OptoPrecision GmbH is a company based in Bremen. In its Security Systems division, the company develops surveillance technologies for the police, security services, and the military. Its product range extends from various laser and LED light sources to complete, custom-made systems for complex observation and surveillance tasks, both on land and at sea.

The company attracted our attention because of its close collaboration with the Saxony police. In collaboration with the Görlitz police department, OptoPrecision developed a mobile camera system for reliable video recordings, regardless of daylight, in order to identify people and vehicles. The use of the PerIS person identification system has made headlines this year. The system was tested in Saxony and, with the help of administrative assistance, at least in Lower Saxony, Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg and Baden-Württemberg.

Special technique for secret investigations

The cops are snooping around and increasingly intruding into all our private lives. OptoPrecision provides the technology for this. The company offers infrared laser lighting systems, specially designed for covert investigations by law enforcement agencies, which should allow for readable images from hundreds of meters away and in poor visibility conditions. It is increasingly being said that the cops are surveilling comrades for months, even years. OptoPrecision is happy to accept orders from the repressive authorities. This company is therefore co-responsible for the psychological terror, the sleepless nights, the isolation, the fear of searches, and also for the fact that comrades are in jail. We therefore consider our attack as a contribution to the practical work of fighting against repression. On this occasion, we send fiery greetings to our comrades who are in jail or on the run!

Surveillance technology has always been an important tool of the repressive apparatus. The digitization of society and the ever-new technical possibilities help the State to continue, in the future, to improve its public order capabilities. The radical left movement, anti-racist and anti-authoritarian, is already too often threatened by this evolution. A pessimistic view of the future must start from the fact that tomorrow’s right-wing governments and authorities are already preparing their weapons today. In the end, this will not only affect those who resist, but anyone who deviates from a state norm, who has a “bad” origin and/or is in a precarious economic situation. It is therefore not surprising that OptoPrecision not only accepts orders from the police, but also participates in the bloody business of Europe’s borders. On the company’s homepage, you can find techniques for the so-called “border protection.” The company’s vision of humanity is demonstrated, among other things, by the following excerpt from its homepage:
“The tasks of border protection include monitoring national borders and land, maritime, and aerial areas near the border.” In border protection, the challenge is to monitor people and objects over long distances, in varying weather and light conditions.
With OptoPrecision technology, people are monitored, chased, and ultimately killed. Continue reading “Bremen, Germany: Fire and flames for those who profit from fear. OptoPrecision attacked” →

Posted in Direct ActionTagged 'Border Protection', Bremen, Fortress Europe, Germany, Incendiary Attack, Kyriakos Xymitiris, OptoPrecision, PerIS person identification system, Smart Cities, Techno-Surveillance
Honour to the combative memory of Snizana Paraskevaidou
Video: Conspiracy of Cells of Fire – Phoenix Project – An account of the FAI/IRF Project ‘Phoenix’ (Black International) 2015

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