Drones over gatwick..

[StriderX]

How would you have dealt with the situation?

By preparing for it? Japan has had Anti-drone capabilities for 3 WHOLE years, and that's just the police.

Hint: we've just sold 3 water cannons for a loss because of someones wild imagination that they'd be used.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Yes "amazed" are you blind? This country is the master of failure.

I wish you would go play your broken record on another forum.

By preparing for it? Japan has had Anti-drone capabilities for 3 WHOLE years, and that's just the police.

And have they been tested in a situation like this?

 

[Destination]

How would you have dealt with the situation?

Change the law to allow it to be shot down perhaps?
Somewhat insane that currently they can't as the law prevents such responses.

 

[ColdAsIce]

British Army defeated by an anorak wearing nerd and a drone xD

 

[darkgen]

As I typed some 24 hours ago. An utter embarrassment. No parody or surrealism can cater for the stock of laughter that is the UK right now.

 

[Domo]

Change the law to allow it to be shot down perhaps?
Somewhat insane that currently they can't as the law prevents such responses.

I thought it’s because of the risk of a stray bullet. I saw some video recently showing trained birds of prey taking them out. Probably already mentioned on here.

 

[DAIR]

Can't they just throw one of them emp bombs into the sky?!

 

[Uther]

No basis at all, the government has no ******* clue so they're just going to randomly blame someone and hope it works out, what a farce.

Surprised they haven't blamed Corbyn yet...

 

[Em3bbs]

By preparing for it? Japan has had Anti-drone capabilities for 3 WHOLE years, and that's just the police.

What other countries have had to deal with a similar situation to this, and how would Japan's anti drone capabilities have helped in this situation, generally interested in what they have and how much it cost, and how their airport infrastructure compares to ours.

 

[Ocean Breeze]

Why can’t the transmitter signal be detected and then home in on it to locate the user?

Surely the SAS would have that kind of capability.

 

[Felon]

Christ, been out all day and just checked back to see it’s back in the last 20 mins or so.

Will be interesting to see if the army can figure out who or where it’s coming from,

 

[Em3bbs]

Change the law to allow it to be shot down perhaps?
Somewhat insane that currently they can't as the law prevents such responses.

Which law prevents them from shooting it down?

 

[ci_newman]

Why can’t the transmitter signal be detected and then home in on it to locate the user?

Surely the SAS would have that kind of capability.

It might be on a pre-planned path so maybe no transmitters

 

[lemonkettaz]

Just another aspect of the country winging it and not having any leadership or plan

 

[UTmaniac]

It's all a setup a good day or two to bury some bad news...

So what bad news has been quietly released over the last few days? Something to do with Brexit and the theoretical second referendum?

 

[Em3bbs]

Why can’t the transmitter signal be detected and then home in on it to locate the user?

Surely the SAS would have that kind of capability.

Drones don't need a transmitter.

 

[Kronos]

Of course now there does not need to be a drone in the air as a phone call to to Gatwick or the police saying you 'think you might have seen one will be enough to shut the airport.
I am hearten to hear on the news this evening that according to a police chief lessons will be learnt, I was getting worried this statement would not be trotted out.

 

[Scuzi]

I guess they’re counting on the Thule roof box on a pole being a bluff...

 

[LabR@t]

Fully expect other airports to be hit as they have been so successful.

Absolute joke

 

[LabR@t]

I guess they’re counting on the Thule roof box on a pole being a bluff...

Lol wtf?