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You don't need any tech to solve this problem. Simply buy two drones. I'd estimate one falcon costing easily $100K annually, compared to a $300 consumer drone.
by _coldfire 10y ago
You don't need any tech to solve this problem. Simply buy two drones.
I'd estimate one falcon costing easily $100K annually, compared to a $300 consumer drone.
The entire concept is incredibly expensive, doesn't scale and comes with no guarantees, but is certainly loved by the media.
Radio signal hijacking and GPS jamming would solve virtually all non-military drone events. But companies pursuing this rarely get a single mention in the news for the actual advances being made in counter drone technology.
- dkersten 10y agoTrue. When you look at it from a financial point of view, you are absolutely right. Drone is quite a bit cheaper than falcon, so...
- weberc2 10y agoThe scenario these address aren't two nation states going to war, one with eagles and the other with drones. The scenario is the once-per-decade terrorist attack, in which case losing an eagle or two to mitigate the attack is worthwhile.
- dtparr 10y ago> The scenario these address aren't two nation states going to war, one with eagles and the other with drones. Was this as weird to type as it was to envision?
- _coldfire 10y ago>solve virtually all non-military drone events That's the same scenario I'm talking about. Overpowering the input signals is a proven, scalable defense that can be easily deployed to police forces, stadiums, national monuments across the world and for minimal cost. You simply will not be able to do that with a highly trained eagle.
- gozur88 10y ago$100k per falcon per year? That seems a little high to me. In any case, governments have enough money to ignore these kinds of calculations.