Reuters reports of an experimental drone system tested recently in Germany. Unfortunately there's not a direct link, only this story on the ITNews site:
Basically, a good drone takes down the bad one, as in this excerpt:
"In December, authorities regained control over the Gatwick airfield only after the British army deployed military technology to guard the area. But shooting down drones, or immobilising them with electromagnetic pulses or even jamming them, is impractical at civilian airports given the possibility of inadvertently causing harm to people or aircraft.
Instead, DFS and Rheinmetall, Germany's largest arms maker, have tested a solution that could be highly automated, connecting existing air traffic data with advanced radar systems, acoustic and infrared sensors and optical equipment to first detect possible intruders, and then neutralise them with other drones.
In Wednesday's demonstration, which was hosted by the German military's Technical and Airworthiness Centre for Aircraft (WTD61) about 50 km (35 miles) north of Munich, a "good" drone threw a net over a potentially threatening one, taking it to the ground."
Nets definitely seem the right approach to me. What do you think?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 07 2019, @03:14PM (3 children)
From the missing-the-bloody-obvious dept. Charge rednecks for tags and let them shoot the drones down. Makes money instead of costing money.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Thursday February 07 2019, @03:21PM
They'll be deep frying the drones, and claiming, "Tastes like chicken!"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @07:08PM (1 child)
You're assuming they can hit something other than roadway signs.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday February 08 2019, @08:13PM
Those are amateur rednecks. Pros fling empty beer bottles at them while doing twice the posted speed limit.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.