Caporegime
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Interested that you know the operational locations of the SAS, you must have some good connections.
Drones over gatwick..
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Interested that you know the operational locations of the SAS, you must have some good connections.
That looks like it's possibly either something that is prototyped, or has had the box bolted on to hide what's inside.
Either would make some sense depending on the situation as roofboxes are handy for providing a (semi) sealed enviroment for gear that has to be carried on the outside of a vehicle, it's also a good way to hide exactly what is in use if you don't want to give any clues away.
It also gives whatever it is some level of streamlining which is a good idea if you're putting stuff on the roof of a vehicle (it protects it in transit and helps reduce drag etc).
IIRC quite a few companies have used similar roof boxes to house electronics, as it's far cheaper than developing your own completely custom box and you can get hold of them easily
(in the same way hobbyists used to use the old thick walled ice cream and butter tubs for electronics projects)
Either would make some sense depending on the situation as roofboxes are handy for providing a (semi) sealed enviroment for gear that has to be carried on the outside of a vehicle, it's also a good way to hide exactly what is in use if you don't want to give any clues away.
It also gives whatever it is some level of streamlining which is a good idea if you're putting stuff on the roof of a vehicle (it protects it in transit and helps reduce drag etc).
IIRC quite a few companies have used similar roof boxes to house electronics, as it's far cheaper than developing your own completely custom box and you can get hold of them easily
(in the same way hobbyists used to use the old thick walled ice cream and butter tubs for electronics projects)
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I mean why don't they use a drone with a net and capture the offending drone?
Not the issue. Stray bullets in a built up area. In the states the police tried to shoot one down. Took over 1,000 rounds before somebody hit it. Thats a lot of stray bullets kicking around.
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To be fair, if any sort of SF are actually on the ground it'd most likely be LEWT via 18 Signals.
What did you say?
Lots. I mainly talked about the new regs coming in in 2019. I ended with the words "You can't stop people being stupid".
Unlikely the SAS would be deployed for something like this to be fair unless there was an escalated threat we aren't aware of and I'm guessing he is inferring that the SAS wouldn't themselves bring those capabilities to the table it would be a specialist electronic warfare unit.
yes, and they're not there
That looks like it's possibly either something that is prototyped, or has had the box bolted on to hide what's inside.
Either would make some sense depending on the situation as roofboxes are handy for providing a (semi) sealed enviroment for gear that has to be carried on the outside of a vehicle, it's also a good way to hide exactly what is in use if you don't want to give any clues away.
It also gives whatever it is some level of streamlining which is a good idea if you're putting stuff on the roof of a vehicle (it protects it in transit and helps reduce drag etc).
IIRC quite a few companies have used similar roof boxes to house electronics, as it's far cheaper than developing your own completely custom box and you can get hold of them easily
By all reports it is a system made by Rafael but the UK hasn't purchased the complete system just the core part so possibly they've jury rigged something to put it into use here.
What would your suggestion be, based on your apparently huge knowledge of what other countries would do?That's fine, i'm sitting here humored by the idea that we should do nothing.
Very British, the bestest.
SOMETHING, anything at all would be better than this. It's too late though, any weirdo with a burner phone can now close an airport.
We must do something! This is something! We must do this!
Soldato
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Nuke the entire area, make sure no drones will survive and then try to have an airport there again in 10,000 years
They are clearly doing something though. What more would you add to the something? What would other countries you mentioned do in addition to the something we are already doing?
Yes well after the fact, I offered up that other countries have reviewed and used solutions to combat it, we've clearly reviewed it as we have regulations in play, yet seemingly no tangible infrastructure.
/fully expect a copy paste question again.
/fully expect a copy paste question again.
They dropped this idea due to injuries to birds:
https://amp.theguardian.com/technol...qL3K2x81cpkTSluzXiAHsKEr3A6_3RuaZraWPTCxS_AKU
Seems like not everyone else has the answer. Maybe it's up to us to find one in this unprecedented situation.