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Here is a video showing a DJI drone operator in Ukraine being struck by artillery seconds after landing a drone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZXzMUxfR6c htt
by tristanj 4y ago
Here is a video showing a DJI drone operator in Ukraine being struck by artillery seconds after landing a drone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZXzMUxfR6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZXzMUxfR6c
According to this article [0], DJI drones broadcast the following data in real-time:
– Model of drone,
– position and height,
– the story of flight,
– home point (off point),
– the position of the pilot (with GPS included in the mobile device connected to the remote).
Russia has reportedly installed DJI Aeroscope monitoring stations that can detect these signals from 30-40 miles away.
[0] https://dronexl.co/2022/03/16/risk-of-flying-a-dji-drone-in-ukraine/ https://dronexl.co/2022/03/16/risk-of-flying-a-dji-drone-in-...
- ed25519FUUU 4y agoI think this is simply coincidence or this guy was spotted when he first flew off. Russian artillery simply isn’t that accurate or that fast.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoI guess the easiest mitigation is an app that sends a false location of the pilot. Ideally near the target so they have a chance to receive some friendly fire.
- bb88 4y agoI don't think that would be too hard to do, either given an SDR or reverse engineering the firmware to give some other loctation.
- ncmncm 4y agoI saw a short video where they are carefully running the drone way out in a field before turning it on, and running away after.