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The Register has an article discussing why shooting down wasn't a great idea either: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/20/gatwick_drone_non_shootdown_reaso
by untog 8y ago
The Register has an article discussing why shooting down wasn't a great idea either:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/20/gatwick_drone_non_shootdown_reasons/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/20/gatwick_drone_non_s...
- justtopost 8y agoThis is pure bs. In the UK, they ram people of scooters. The biggest danger here is 'a drone may fall on someones home'. Clearly there is either a HUGE force imbalance, or a hidden situation. Shotguns, as posted ad nasuem here, are perfectly safe.
- tim333 8y agoNot sure I agree entirely. A guy with a shotgun in a helicopter could of done it, both of which were available at Gatwick. The shot looses velocity quite rapidly so wouldn't do much damage on the ground. I guess you'd have to hope the drone didn't land on anything much. Londoners mostly got though the Blitz ok with a million houses destroyed or damaged by bombs. We can handle the risk of a crappy drone crashing in someones garden. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz#No_collapse_of_morale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz#No_collapse_of_moral...
- abraae 8y agoI've been duck shooting and felt shot from shooters on the opposite side of the lake pattering down onto me and around me. I can't imagine a shotgun itself would present any real risk to those below, compared to the enormous distortion these drones caused.