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The issue I have is non-state bad actors acquiring or building them on their own to create flying IEDs. It would be pretty easy to fly a drone into a crowded st
by jobu 6y ago
The issue I have is non-state bad actors acquiring or building them on their own to create flying IEDs. It would be pretty easy to fly a drone into a crowded stadium or protest and kill hundreds if not thousands of people with a weaponized drone. Getting the explosives is the hard part and many groups have already shown they can do that.
- lmilcin 6y agoYou are right. This is way more scary.
- ryanwaggoner 6y agoWhy aren't they doing this now? Why haven't all flights been grounded worldwide because they keep getting brought down by flying IEDs?
- meaydinli 6y agoBecause that is an escalation that nobody wants, for now. Even piracy was tolerated for a while until it became economically too disturbing. I don't think it all disappeared but it is not that bothersome. If anybody started threatening commercial civilian flight, countries would fall on them like bricks. Quarantine for a few months was devastating on many fronts. Now, think if all flights were grounded for months...
- ryanwaggoner 6y agoI agree, which is why I don't think this hypothetical future threat is really any different.
- meaydinli 6y agoyep, it all fits in with M.A.D.
- jobu 6y agoThe only thing I can think of is that the places where it's relatively easier to get explosives (war zones like Iraq, Afganistan, or Syria) doesn't overlap much with places where it's easy to get powerful drones (developed countries).