"Anti-drone rifle ..." Topic

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- snipped – The system has the ability to disrupt the user's control link to their drone as well as its ability to sync with a GPS network. It is unclear what type of frequency the rifle uses to attack its target, but the size of the dual front-mounted antennas suggest that the disruption pulse is distributed across multiple radio frequency bands. The rifle has a range of roughly 400 yards, will hit a drone in a 30-degree cone and can be ready to use and fire in less than a second, according to the site. Aside from the antennas and the attached battery pack, the anti-drone rifle appears to be very similar to the M-16/M-4 series of rifles carried by U.S. troops, including a similar stock and attachment system for accessories such as scopes and flashlights.

washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/07/26/the-us-is-apparently-using-anti-drone-rifles-against-the-islamic-state

Ponder on,

JAS

Need one, since they're starting to test them for Amazon deliveries in the UK.

Need to nip this in the bud, before it gets started, since the last thing I want to see and hear are thousands of drones flying by overhead, daily.

Will probably kill millions of birds, and otherwise make urban squalor, and suburban squalor even worse than it is already.

One that can fire 20mm birdshot rounds, with little recoil would be far more satisfying, I imagine.

Why is it a "rifle" and not a jammer?

Hmmm, physics teaches us that what goes up, must come down, assuming flight is from initial thrust only. So, as much fun as it would be to "powder" a drone, even with birdshot, the fun will soon be over. :^ )

I would rather have a rod and reel retractible fishing net so I could catch and retrieve the little s if flying within range. ha

It's a rifle because it kicks like a mule? No, wait, because the radio waves are directed to the target via a rifled antenna? No, wait, umm… never mind, I'm done.

I suppose there are laws against downing someone else's drone? :)

Even over your own property :(

There's always Skywall…

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Only for police use at the moment but a good way to nick your neighbours Amazon delivery

It would be useful for taking out 'civilian' lookeeloo drones that cluster around accidents and fires where there are helicopters or planes that need to get into the airspace.

I'd love to read up on the technical specs of this thing: frequency range covered, bandwidth, and transmit power, primarily. I have some ideas for militarized "commerical" drones and providing baked-in C2 systems that are jam-resistant could be a selling point.

You realize that if drone delivery catches on, we will get our miniatures quicker.

Who owns the very low-level airspace above privately owned land and do private citizens have a right to down third-party owned drones immediately over their land if no consent for overfly has been given? If a low flying drone harasses or annoys a property owner what remedies are open to the aggrieved property owner? Can a property owner instal jamming equipment on his/her land to protect his/her own land from unwanted overflights?
Will commercial interests lead to a new enclosure movement which deprives land owners of control of their land and peace of mind? Will we have to buy air-rights like we have to buy mineral or water rights to protect our land?
Cheers.
Rod Robertson.

Shoot it down over your neighbor's property for plausible deniability.

Can a property owner instal jamming equipment on his/her land to protect his/her own land from unwanted overflights?

I doubt it. That's almost certainly an FCC violation, especially at the sort of power levels I expect would be useful for an omni-directional jammer effective out to, say 300-400 ft AGL.

Will there be special rules for Texas, as there seem to be when it comes to shooting…well…pretty much anything or anyone?