Posted on 12/24/2013 5:34:42 PM PST by MarkBsnr
These days drones are used for everything from farming to surveying remote regions to waging war. So it makes sense that one Dutch designer has penned the Drone Survival Guide, which like bird watching charts, shows the various shapes and sizes of flying objects by their silhouettes...
Dutch designer Ruben Pater has penned the Drone Survival Guide, which like bird watching charts, shows the various shapes and sizes of flying objects by their silhouettes The majority of the drones selected for the chart are from NATO member countries, including the UK, France, Germany, U.S. and Canada...
The RAF's Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle Experienced 'pilots' operate the RAF's £10million Reaper (UAV) from a hi-tech control centre in East Anglia. The controversial craft – about the size of a small executive jet – take off from conventional runways in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan...
Keeping a silent eye on a huge area, the devices are able to warn of enemy ambushes or IEDs, and locate and monitor targets while airstrikes are planned. Once authorised, they can launch the weapons to destroy them and it only takes seconds to act against enemies such as terrorist leaders and insurgents planting roadside bombs. It uses a skull icon to show that a drone is used for attack and a little eye to denote a surveillance vehicle. The chart, which Mr Pater describes as ‘21st century bird watching’ shows the vast array of flying war machines used today from the giant 130ft wingspan of the Global Hawk drone to the petite Parrot AC quadcopter, which measures just 23 inches. He said: ‘Most drones are used today by military powers for remote-controlled surveillance and attack and their numbers are growing.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
A Guide To Spotting And Hiding From Drones
http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/guide-spotting-and-hiding-drones
These things are pretty damned big.
I’m gonna get me one of these....
http://www.wickedlasers.com/krypton
Maybe a birthday present to myself about the middle of next year.
Now mount it on your own drone, and you have an interesting toy...
What do you do with the laser to a drone?
Pterodactyl LOL!
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