Model planes becoming bombs?

Prepare for regulation of toys.

A 26-year-old man from a Boston suburb was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting to attack the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives.
These are not balsa-wood-and-rubber-band toys investigators are talking about. The FBI said Rezwan Ferdaus hoped to use military-jet replicas, 5 to 7 1/2 feet long, guided by GPS devices and capable of speeds over 100 mph.
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Massachusetts prosecutor Gerry Leone, who handled the prosecution of would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid, said terrorists are always building bombs out of common, legitimate items, and imposing restrictions on buying model aircraft would not make sense simply because of this one case.
But he said law enforcement might want be more vigilant about such purchases.
Similarly, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said recent advances in model airplane technology could make them more attractive to terrorists. But he said the answer is better intelligence, not trying to regulate hobbyists and their toys.
"Kids have them, people fly them, groups are organized just to engage in this type of pastime activity," the congressman said. "It would be almost impossible to regulate the little engines and things, propellers."

Military.com

There comes a point where you outlaw boards with nails and not boards that have no nails. I think they are wrong to think these things are harmless, but they are also wrong in thinking that everything that shows any potential of being dangerous if someone has bad intentions. Have you seen some of the really cool remote control devices? Maybe there is something to worry about.

Think I've put that one up before.

There are dozens of videos of planes flying through cities. There are nearly as many of flying through a building. The thought of using these things to keep an eye on someone is all over the place. I worry about someone using them for assassinations. Blowing up a whole building may be difficult with the payloads these devices are capable of. But, they could have the potential of a heavy grenade without too much trouble.