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NYT: 1 Broken Drone, No Video, 2 Suspects Released: Gatwick Episode Doesn’t Add Up
Britain’s second-busiest airport stalled for 36 hours. About 1,000 flights diverted or canceled. Around 140,000 passengers inconvenienced at the height of holiday travels. One broken drone recovered, and a British couple detained and then released over the weekend without being charged. (www.nytimes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
we did all see drones buzzing gatwick, didn't we? we all noticed flight cancellations for one full day, didn't we? so , where is the problem? Perhaps a solution for the next attack of the illegal drones could be foiled by having deployed in advance counter-drones with net-carrying capacity to snag the illigimate drones- a sort of battle of the drones in the skies over souther england? or is that solution too simple? Or killer attack drones to smash the illegal ones. game, set, match to the good guys.....
Much more difficult than you think. I fly combat with radio controlled aircraft. We often fly a complete round without even a single "cut" and we are each towing 30ft streamers. And, that's with 10 aircraft per round.
I think the Russians (and probably others too) are following this with great interest. They're amazed how much chaos they'll be able to create with 100 euros/dollars/pounds.....
It was all just swamp gas and the reflection of the planet Venus off a weather balloon.
Maybe someone had pigeons, strapped some x-mas mini lights on them and set them loose.
Or balloons with LEDs?
As investigators searched the debris and the bodies were loaded into the bags Airport officials said: "there is no reason to suspect terrorism." Ahhhh that infamous word that NO Gvt or Airport official want's to utter. A word that has been so much abused over the years when a stupid kid with a BB Rifle fires at a school bus then charged with "Terrorism Acts."
And now we have this....."Last week, officials insisted that the drones had appeared to be a “deliberate act to endanger the airfield and aircraft,” though they did not appear to be linked to terrorism."
Funny how the Gvt can take weeks, months even years to determine the cause of a crash yet less than a week later they can rule out Terrorism.
This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System...in the event of a real Terrorist attack, or terrorist testing the system, your Gvt would down-play it.
And now we have this....."Last week, officials insisted that the drones had appeared to be a “deliberate act to endanger the airfield and aircraft,” though they did not appear to be linked to terrorism."
Funny how the Gvt can take weeks, months even years to determine the cause of a crash yet less than a week later they can rule out Terrorism.
This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System...in the event of a real Terrorist attack, or terrorist testing the system, your Gvt would down-play it.