"Birds of prey - the new weapon" Topic
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| Tango01 | 06 Feb 2016 12:49 p.m. PST |
"Dutch police are involved in training birds of prey to take out drones flown by criminals and terrorists. The police, counter-terrorism agency NCTB and the ministries of justice and defence are working on a range of measures to combat drones, broadcaster Nos (Dutch broadcasting foundation) says. Video footage released by the police at the weekend shows a bird of prey grabbing a drone in its talons and bringing it to the ground. The project is still in test phase but a spokesman said there was a ‘very real possibility' that birds of prey could be used. ‘The bird sees the drone as prey and takes it to a safe place, a place where there are no other birds or people,' project spokesman Marc Wiebes said. ‘That is what we are making use of in this project.' Attack ‘Everyone can get hold of a drone, and that includes people who want to misuse them,' police spokesman Michel Baeten told Nos…"
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| Mako11 | 06 Feb 2016 2:10 p.m. PST |
Hope they have some protection against rotor blade cuts. |
| David Manley | 06 Feb 2016 2:23 p.m. PST |
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| cwlinsj | 06 Feb 2016 2:47 p.m. PST |
I also wondered how hollow bones can stand up to rotor blades, but then I remembered that terrorist drones probably explode. Kinda a waste of eagles. |
| Waco Joe | 06 Feb 2016 5:36 p.m. PST |
Don't worry, Alaska has us covered:
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| Tango01 | 07 Feb 2016 3:07 p.m. PST |
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 Legion 4  | 07 Feb 2016 5:58 p.m. PST |
Damn … I thought we go our hands on some Klingon Tech ! |
| Lion in the Stars | 07 Feb 2016 8:21 p.m. PST |
The problem is that a big quad+rotor is a flying food processor. Wonder how many endangered species will be killed in the process of beating down drones. |
| Bangorstu | 08 Feb 2016 11:06 a.m. PST |
The drone in the video is quite small – nothing an eagle can't handle. As the video rather proves… |
| cwlinsj | 08 Feb 2016 11:14 a.m. PST |
Problem is that the drones which pose threats are about 4' across, have 8 to 12 x 30" props and can carry 100lbs. No hawk would win that match. |
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