Dutch Police Training Eagles to Take Down Drones

IEEE Spectrum ^ | Feb 1 2016 | Evan Ackerman

[Reeses]

No matter how many regulations are put in place, drones are cheap enough now that frequent misuse is becoming the norm. There's no good way of dealing with a dangerous drone: you can jam its radios to force it to autoland, or maybe try using an even bigger drone to capture it inside a giant net. In either of these cases, however, you run the risk of having the drone go completely out of control, which is even more dangerous.

Or, you can be like the Dutch National Police, and train eagles to take down drones for you.

[Reeses]

Plastic drones can be used as a new weapons technology. President Trump needs to have two bad ass American bald eagles at either side of him at every speaking event.

[Cowboy Bob]

I’ve heard of the Eagles, but are the Drones an expansion team?

[Logical me]

Fantastic idea. These drones should be illegal in America. They serve no purpose and can be very dangerous.

[dadfly]

i sense a cominng new birth for the sport of falconry.

[MrEdd]

They are talking about the band “Eagles” - “ The Drones “ is a Scottish folk Group with bagpipes.
Whatever it takes to drown them out is good.

[353FMG]

War Eagle!? a.k.a. Oorlogsarend

[smoothsailing]

GO EAGLES!!!

(except for the Philadelphia variety)

[353FMG]

They have been used as flying peeping Toms.

[PIF]

Unfair to Drones United;
Concealed Carry for Drones;
Drones Against Eagles.

[Mariner]

An old SLQ-32 from the Navy is more effective as it can take out a dozen in short order.

Look it up, as I'm not sure how much info is in the public domain.

[lee martell]

So the Dutch as clever enough to train an Eagle to take a drone down, but not smart enough to keep rapefugees from overrunning their lands.

[Jamestown1630]

Good Birdie!

[Ransomed]

Still not as cool as Mongolians using golden eagles to hunt and kill wolves.

Freegards

[Calvin Locke]

“South Park” did an epi on drones.

[i_robot73]

With the capability of drones for acrobatics, unless ‘blind-sided, I don’t see your typical ‘droner’ just sitting there waiting for the strike.

[seowulf]

I’ve heard of the Eagles, but are the Drones an expansion team?

It's the new PC name of the Washington Redskins...The DC Drones.

It also works for politicians.

[bert]

——The DC Drones-—

Drones have only one purpose and that is to screw the Queen. The run of the mil workers tolerate them until after the new queen leaves the hive and then they no longer get the good treatment.

[NorthMountain]

These drones should be illegal in America. They serve no purpose and can be very dangerous.

Pound sand, ya stinkin' control-freak leftist!