Drones over gatwick..

englishpremier said:
It's an interesting tactic. Terrorists and ill wishers could just fly drones over the UK's major airports and military bases and basically shut them down for days on end. No need for bombs. The drones themselves could carry sarin gas or some other nasty element, so when shot down/destroyed the agent is released.

A 24 man team and less than £50,000 could do it.
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On the other hand quite easy to counter - a few £100 of electronics and a "smart" missile (which is more like a UAV than a missile) which could be guided to target to disable it.

Jayzon said:
I’ve yet to see it the world record is 2 hrs 6 mins but that was tiny
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That is the official record - but there are a number of projects that have run near 3 hour flight times not officially recorded.
 
Bug One said:
Don't expect to see much. Videos are on Twitter now.
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Do you have a link please?

I've just wasted time watching a video of a muslim woman banging on a glass door in an airport on the mirror website, if people are going to mention that "footage is available on XYZ" then a link would be helpful too.
 
They just showed a cutting edge system, designed by 4 graduates, which could be the next big thing when it comes to anti-drone technology...

Basically a huge hand-held carbon fibre super-soaker type thing that fires a net. :D

It worked really well in the demo, where the drone was in a stationary hover within a stone-throw of the bloke firing it. Can't see it being much use in the real world though.
 
Sounds like this will go on through Saturday (sky news so could be bs). If they are coming out with that, they either have no clue what is going on or they know something serious is going on but don't want the public to know.
 
Rroff said:
On the other hand quite easy to counter - a few £100 of electronics and a "smart" missile (which is more like a UAV than a missile) which could be guided to target to disable it.



That is the official record - but there are a number of projects that have run near 3 hour flight times not officially recorded.
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Well I’m suprsised but I’m sure there tiny things pretty much a battery with rotors on

Just saw that footage it’s a mavic 2 ! Early Xmas present industrial drone my arse !
 
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Bug One said:
I think the residents of Crawley, Horley, Copthorne and Charlwood might disagree with your assessment.
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Rather depends on what direction you're shooting and in what direction. I'd guess you want a shotgun for that sort of thing? I dunno, maybe I'm just picturing the whole situation wrong.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Won’t that have geofencing?
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Easily turned off 3rd party app like litchi

explicit4u said:
How can you tell from that footage?? It’s tiny.
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I’ve spent years looking up at drones and I’ll bet £100 quid right now that’s a mavic 2
Looks about 2/300 ft at most and as it’s so tiny is the giveaway to me but hey it’s just speculation harmless but I think it’s a mavic running 3rd party app
 
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This could go on until Christmas day, there's usually some disaster when you put the TV on in the morning. As good as the technology could be to thwart these low budget antagonists, I do think it's another reason for hyperloop to exist.
 
Brexit causing our clueless politicians endless headaches yet our second most important airport bought to a standstill by an airborne Benny Hill sketch?
Jesus **** we have problems.
 
Meant to be flying out to New York tomorrow afternoon. As much as I would like to go, having my flight cancelled will be a right blessing on my wallet.
 
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