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Saudi issues drone restrictions following palace incident
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry on Sunday instructed drone enthusiasts to obtain permission to fly the devices until regulations were finalised, a day after security forces shot down a recreational drone near the king's palace in Riyadh.
Amateur online videos of heavy gunfire in the capital's Khozama district on Saturday sparked fears of possible political unrest in the world's top oil exporter. A senior Saudi official told Reuters there were no casualties when the drone was shot down and that King Salman was not in the palace at the time.
A security screening point had noticed the flying of a small unauthorized recreational drone, leading security forces to deal with it "according to their orders and instructions", state news agency SPA had said.
(Score: 2) by Virindi on Tuesday April 24 2018, @06:12PM (2 children)
Not true. The movements of the drone could be threatening or nonthreatening. And if you have been firing at it for a long time and missing and it hasn't made any sort of attack, it probably isn't going to.
(Score: 2) by Weasley on Tuesday April 24 2018, @07:10PM (1 child)
It's mere presence in an extremely restricted area is already a threat.
(Score: 2) by Virindi on Wednesday April 25 2018, @12:38AM
So if a person walks into a "highly restricted area" and does not do anything else threatening, it would be natural for the guards to unleash a barrage of fire at them?
No, this kind of thing is situation specific. That's all I'm saying, that just the mere existence of a drone on the grounds of such a place does not NECESSARILY mean it is worth the risk to innocent life. Other factors must be taken into account to make that decision.