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Please define 'your airspace'. Can I shoot down a Delta flight at 30k feet over my house?

• nostrademons 2y ago
  The point being made here is one about military capabilities rather than legality. If you really have a fleet of drones guarding your airspace (which implies a technology & industrial level more than anyone has publicly announced, but then, if I owned a fleet of drones I probably wouldn't announce it either), you kinda get to make the laws by virtue of being able to kill anyone who disagrees with you. So yes, you could shoot down a Delta flight at 30k feet, but the more relevant technological capability is being able to drive one of your expendable drones into the jet intake of an F-16.
  • SR2Z 2y ago
    if you can fly your drone precisely enough to be sucked into an F16 going hundreds of miles an hour faster, you are now in the realm of ITAR tech and the government can come after you for a whole bunch of crimes that have nothing to do with actually downing a jet
• olyjohn 2y ago
  FAA has jurisdiction 400 feet above your house. So no, not at 30k feet. But maybe at 350 feet...
  • leros 2y ago
    FAA has jurisdiction down to a millimeter above your property. Class G airspace extends all the way down to the ground.