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Maybe security UAVs could be an answer? If an unknown drone appears over a nuclear power plant, the plant could launch a UAV to follow it about until it goes h
by Icybee 12y ago
Maybe security UAVs could be an answer?
If an unknown drone appears over a nuclear power plant, the plant could launch a UAV to follow it about until it goes home, watch who picks it up after it lands, and then just send in the police.
- justincormack 12y agoIt is somewhat unclear why they have failed to follow them with helicopters, did they just lose them? It is unclear if these are day or night flights though.
- oakwhiz 12y agoI would imagine that chasing one of these "drones" (which is essentially a toy helicopter) using a real helicopter would be difficult, since the toy helicopter is smaller, more maneuverable, and more difficult to see. Sort of like trying to chase a bird using an airplane. In addition, the toy helicopter would not be easy to see on radar, especially if it were to fly close to the ground.
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- nraynaud 12y agoI guess they are so small that they lost them from view.
- tomjen3 12y agoThe drones are likely small and fly comparatively fast - I don't think following them in a chopper would be easy, certainly not if the person piloting the drone is skilled enough.
- throwwit 12y agoThey can be very fast... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa9dX1hkEYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa9dX1hkEYI (Amazing Stunts RC WORLD) -- Thought it was CG first time around.
- p4bl0 12y agoAccording to the interviewed expert in the video linked by audessuscest, they are night flights.
- astrobe_ 12y agoThis was a silly, unprepared answer anyway, just like the order to shoot them down. They've probably setup radio scanners and possibly jammers in order to intercept the video/command stream.
- lsaferite 12y agoThis is one I fail to understand. With radio triangulation that should be able to pinpoint the controller. I know most of the newer control equipment is using spread spectrum and frequency hopping, but I imagine that is a solvable issue.
- robryk 12y agoAnd they have to proceed to that point quickly enough to find the fellow operating it still there. Also, if I wished to avoid detection, I'd set up a transceiver linked to a data GSM connection and leave it in a random place in the middle of nowhere. Maybe even I'd have a few of those to confuse direction finding attempts (not sure how feasible that is).
- lsaferite 12y agoWell, I would hope every nuclear power station has a rapid reaction security force on hand 24/7 the could respond to these 'threats'. As for the misdirection, using cellular relay devices is something most wouldn't do and even if they did it would provide a lead that could be followed.
- willvarfar 12y agoDrones can be a serious hazard to larger aircraft. A drone could easily destroy a helicopter, rather like a bird strike can. When the village of Laerdalsoyri burnt down in Norway in January the emergency services had to ground their own fire fighting helicopters because news drones were a hazard: > police told Norwegian newspaper VG that a helicopter was being delayed because of suspected media drones taking pictures in the area. > "It is important for us to stress that if someone is using drones, they must get them out of there," police spokesman Nils Erik Eggen said. > "This could create a hazardous situation and may pose a danger to helicopters." > The police could not say how many drones had been operating in the area. So one could imagine a movie plot terrorist attack where unarmed drones fly over an airport and cause a total shutdown, or in the blockbuster version actually try and intercept a landing airliner.