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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 mhajicek on Thursday February 07 2019, @03:49PM (5 children)
The only way to stop a bad guy with a drone is a good guy with a drone.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by Gaaark on Thursday February 07 2019, @04:01PM (3 children)
but was that 6 drones or only 5? Do you feel lucky?
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(Score: 3, Funny) by mhajicek on Thursday February 07 2019, @07:45PM (2 children)
You can have my drone when you...
Oh shoot, it's stuck in a tree.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday February 07 2019, @10:08PM (1 child)
Modern day Charlie Brown, lol.
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday February 07 2019, @10:10PM
Should that be Charlton Heston Brown?
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday February 07 2019, @10:18PM
After watching the documentary, I thought someone important had to sacrifice themselves and stay on the drone to guide it to collide with the other drone.