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Seems like a 12 gauge with birdshot would do a pretty decent job of taking down any drone I've ever seen. Seems like that might be a little cheaper than develo
by douche 11y ago
Seems like a 12 gauge with birdshot would do a pretty decent job of taking down any drone I've ever seen.
Seems like that might be a little cheaper than developing ECM to target drones. Although if it is really just a pork-barrel, then a $200 shotgun with $25 worth of shells is much less efficient than a multi-thousand dollar radar jammer rifle.
- post_break 11y agoYeah but you fire it and go to jail for discharging a weapon, vs no one being the wiser.
- rpenm 11y agoNot relevant, since the users being discussed are law enforcement.
- comrh 11y agoMax range for birdshot is ~120 feet so a drone can just increase its altitude and be safe. Also you have to be aware of what is beyond your target which might not be possible in an urban environment.
- x5n1 11y agoDrone with a shotgun mounted on it comes to mind.
- hga 11y agoProper leading of the target is also required, and with birds crossing in front of you that's pretty hard in my experience (you have to aim your gun at where the target will be when the shot gets that far out; shooting birds you've just flushed into the air, traveling away from you is lots easier, e.g. turtledove vs. quail).
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoBirdshot is mostly harmless outside its effective range.
- Nadya 11y ago>Max range for birdshot is ~120 feet Effective range for taking out a drone is "as far as the bird shot will shoot" which is much further than ~120ft. We aren't talking about effective range (e.g "breaking a clay plate"). That being said - your point about increasing altitude still stands. I'm not sure how birdshot will go when shot near vertically - but it can travel well over 200 yards horizontally depending on if you're using 04 or 08, etc. At a certain point its harmless to humans unless it hits in the eye but as long as it hits a blade of a drone it could still damage the drone and bring it down. It doesn't need to completely destroy the drone like a point blank blast of a double barrel with buckshot would.
- cloakandswagger 11y agoNot a great solution for a drone flying over a populated area, or a drone potentially carrying a biological or chemical payload.
- johnchristopher 11y agoAre you people aware that what comes up comes down ?
- douche 11y agoAs mentioned below, birdshot is really not that dangerous when it is coming down from its apex. Unless maybe it hit you in the eye. I've had shot fall on me goose and duck hunting before. Not worse than hail. In a situation like a max-security prison, where you've already got cleared dead spaces around it to shoot escaping prisoners, its not really an issue.
- Torgo 11y agoNot my department.
- johnchristopher 11y agoI can't put a smilie here so I upvoted your comment.
- clort 11y agoHow would this not count as interfering with its operation? The article says that this could count as a federal offense, even for police officers..