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Amateur Drone Lands On British Air Carrier, Wired Reviews Anti-Drone Technology (bbc.com)
Long-time Slashdot reader mi quotes the BBC:
The Ministry of Defence is reviewing security after a tiny drone landed on the deck of Britain's biggest warship. The Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier was docked at Invergordon in the Highlands when an amateur photographer flew the drone close to the giant ship. When the aircraft sensed a high wind risk, it landed itself on the £3bn warship. The pilot told BBC Scotland: "I could have carried two kilos of Semtex and left it on the deck... I would say my mistake should open their eyes to a glaring gap in security."
Meanwhile, tastic007 shares Wired's footage of anti-drone products being tested (like net guns, air-to-air combat counter-drones, and drone net shotgun shells) -- part of the research presented at this year's DEFCON.
Meanwhile, tastic007 shares Wired's footage of anti-drone products being tested (like net guns, air-to-air combat counter-drones, and drone net shotgun shells) -- part of the research presented at this year's DEFCON.
Unless, of course, it's not about the drone.
It's much simpler than tarnishing a shiny as you propose.
It's about creating a narrative and an atmosphere of fear and threat among the populace regarding civilian drones in order to make tightening regulations and laws around civilian drones easier to pass and implement with less pushback.
Drones in civilian hands terrify Western governments, especially the US & UK, because it gives civilians the power to observe and record illicit/illegal/horrific government activities which their governments wish to keep hidden from their citizens and the world.
It's about what it's always about when government is involved.
It's about control.
Strat
Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.