Posted on 02/25/2017 2:43:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
Under French military supervision, four golden eagle chicks hatched last year atop drones - born into a world of terror and machines they would be bred to destroy.
The eagles - named d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis - grew up with their nemeses. They chased drones through green grass that summer, pecking futilely at composite shells as seen in Sky News footage. They were rewarded with meat, which they ate off the backs of the drones.
When the eagles were ready - this month - d'Artagnan launched screeching from a military control tower across a field, Agence France-Presse reported.
The bird covered 200 meters in 20 seconds, slamming into a drone, then diving with the wreckage into the tall grass. "The eagles are making good progress," said the French air force's commander of a program that adapts the ancient art of falconry to the threats of unmanned flight.
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Eagles are amazing creatures. I’m following the site of two nests, one in eastern Colorado and one in northern MN. Each nest currently has three eggs. I love my eagles.
But wait until the poor eagles hit wind turbines or get zapped flying over a solar cell installation.
That second picture is a fitting portrait of the new administration. Our national symbol taking out terrorists. (Yeah,I know it’s in France)
How is it that the eagles are not injured by the drones’ rotors? Are the rotors made of a soft plastic or something? (I have never used a drone.)
Until the aggressors clear the skies with sacrificial drones that blow up the eagles.
The eagle in the second photo is at least four years old. They don’t get their white heads until sexual maturity. I’m guessing that’s a stock photo.
“How is it that the eagles are not injured by the drones’ rotors? Are the rotors made of a soft plastic or something? (I have never used a drone.)”
It would probably depend on the size of the drone. However, I would think the eagle could carry a stick that would take out one of the props. Come to think of it, if the eagle had a 2 or 3 foot nylon cord tied to one foot, it would get entangled in the prop and shut the motors down...
I bet the Israelis either have or are working on equipment that will take control of drones deemed to be threats. Wouldn’t it be nice if explosive-laden drones could be, to conjure up a classic Elvis phrase, “Return to Sender’. Bang. Get you some of that.
Tigers do pretty good, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVj-u3j3KBk
...but only if they’re flying very low.
Perhaps it’s something like that.
lol... What a party pooper!! lmao...
Wow, drones look like excellent tiger toys. Those bad boys were pumped.
Now, how do you stop one of these things from tackling a 747? Think of the chunk of meat his eagle brain would associate with one of those...!
A Remington Model 870 12-gauge pump would be a lot simpler.
Set charge on decoy drone, end of terrorist’s problem.
It is so stupid to show off your abilities to your enemies in this case it is the media.
What if the terrorists start shooting the poor eagles? All that training zapped in a second, plus the eagles are dead.
Watch out for the wind turbines.
Or take target practice.
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