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It reminds me some of driving trucks into crowds to terrorize. Not sophisticated or expensive but effective.

superkuh 8y ago
Only effective because of overreaction.
sandworm101 8y ago
I think this was very sophisticated. They planned. They hid. They monitored media and adapted plans. They minimized thier efforts to obtain a result. This was leagues ahead of any recent terror attack. It would be no shock to learn that they had some military, officer, training.
- cm2187 8y ago
  That's what the French authorities are pretending to make it look like a foreign aggression and not home grown terrorism. But the planning required for an operation like that is pretty trivial.
- dazc 8y ago
  It occured to me, that once the military became involved, the perpetrator would have the sense to cease his/her activities. The fact this didn't happen leaves me to believe they were not so clever after all?
  - randomsearch 8y ago
    They expected and were ready to be caught.
  - raverbashing 8y ago
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    - dang 8y ago
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  - sandworm101 8y ago
    Unless the goal was to make the military look the fool. We dont know what they were thinking just yet.
  - dingaling 8y ago
    Were there any drone reports after the army was deployed? There was a 'suspected drone sighting' around 17:00 on Friday but flights resumed. The oddity about the whole event was that there was no evidence presented at all other than phone-videos showing a variety of lights.
    - sandworm101 8y ago
      Tower controllers and reports from other airport staff are always sufficient evidence for anything related to flight safety.
- IshKebab 8y ago
  Rubbish. It's just fundamentally difficult to track down a drone. There was nothing clever about this.

Only effective because of overreaction.

I think this was very sophisticated. They planned. They hid. They monitored media and adapted plans. They minimized thier efforts to obtain a result. This was leagues ahead of any recent terror attack. It would be no shock to learn that they had some military, officer, training.

cm2187 8y ago
That's what the French authorities are pretending to make it look like a foreign aggression and not home grown terrorism. But the planning required for an operation like that is pretty trivial.
dazc 8y ago
It occured to me, that once the military became involved, the perpetrator would have the sense to cease his/her activities. The fact this didn't happen leaves me to believe they were not so clever after all?
- randomsearch 8y ago
  They expected and were ready to be caught.
- raverbashing 8y ago
  .
  - dang 8y ago
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- sandworm101 8y ago
  Unless the goal was to make the military look the fool. We dont know what they were thinking just yet.
- dingaling 8y ago
  Were there any drone reports after the army was deployed? There was a 'suspected drone sighting' around 17:00 on Friday but flights resumed. The oddity about the whole event was that there was no evidence presented at all other than phone-videos showing a variety of lights.
  - sandworm101 8y ago
    Tower controllers and reports from other airport staff are always sufficient evidence for anything related to flight safety.
IshKebab 8y ago
Rubbish. It's just fundamentally difficult to track down a drone. There was nothing clever about this.