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French military boards Russia-linked oil tanker suspected of launching drones
- duxup 1y agoSpying is a strange world. Countries accept that there is espionage within some limits, plenty of hacking too, planes flying near borders, historically even over countries. Drones ... wonder how tolerant they will be considering their magical ability to go just about anywhere and few if any ways to stop them.
- bell-cot 1y ago[flagged]
- whatevaa 1y agoBack old Geezers days, the flying things were not the size of a bird.
- bell-cot 1y agoRadar's ability to spot something falls off with the 4th power of the distance to it, and a 1940-tech radar spotted the IJN's attack wave 45 minutes before it hit Pearl Harbor. Do the math, or (for example): https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/09/24/dutch-radar-firm-robin-turns-bird-spotting-skills-into-drone-defense/ https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/09/24/dutch-r... (Earlier coverage characterized the drones DoS'ing the Danish airports as "large". That's vague - but DoS'ing a major airport for hours requires drone(s) that get noticed, not a couple robo-pigeons.