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Clearly it's time for hobbyists to switch from making drones to making anti-drone rockets!

• n3rdy 14y ago
  Spark gap radios and Ku-Band jammers are handy too.
• protomyth 14y ago
  uhm.... making drone - probable talk with FAA making anti-drone rocket - probable vigorous discussion with FAA, SWAT, ATF, DoD, and FBI with vacation in Caribbean
  • lifeisstillgood 14y ago
    Define the difference between an anti-drone rocket and a drone that oh whoops, sorry lost control there, is that your drone I crashed into ?
    • protomyth 14y ago
      intended versus unintended consequences and which Federal agency has authority
      • lifeisstillgood 14y ago
        Sorry, I meant intentionally crashing drone into drone - let's call it hunter killer drones. My ardu-pilot drone swarm can take out your million buck drone over the parts of the city I dont want you looking at. Probably. Saving that I will just laser your optics. I think disrupting technologies are orders of magnitude cheaper and more mobile than any government spec surveillance technology.
        • protomyth 14y ago
          Well, you start with the FAA and NTSB then quickly get some serious involvement by the FBI (if it was and DoD or Border Patrol you are hosed). If it was the local cops drone, expect a visit from SWAT. Arming any type of aircraft is going to get you sent away for a very long time and lasers are a particular no-no with the FAA. We'll skip the basic "willful destruction of government property" and move right up into all the laws based on military grade weapons and terrorism.
          • lifeisstillgood 14y ago
            Most police helicopters have their cameras disrupted with handheld laser pointers on a regular basis - almost no kid nicking cars these days will be without one. Watch a Police Camera Action style show for some tips. Now as for the poli e response - the day kids nicking cars are arrested for terrorism by the FBI is the day I get out my old placards and march on parliament. The old saw about "when they came for me there was no one left to speak out" does hold resonance. As to the arming issues - you are not arming an aircraft, just flying it into another unmanned vehicle. To stop it monitoring my illicit drug factories. I suspect most people who proactively want to brim down police drones have activities that will get longer jail terms than drone destruction. Overall, I stand by my contention that when its ten fold cheaper to attack a drone than build a drone, airspace is about to get very contested - FAA operates on consent of all concerned - when the airspace can be violated for a few hundred bucks, things will change. Maybe not for the better. I am not saying this is good, just likely. Then again maybe our cities will be peaceful and policing by consent will be the order of the day. Edit: tidying up
    • njharman 14y ago
      A prosecutor submitting google search of your comments in this thread. In other words, "intent".
      • lifeisstillgood 14y ago
        May I ask a serious question - are you reluctant to put something in this thread in CSS it is used against you in evidence? It's not trolling just something I have noticed growing on HN Oh and where do you live ple