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Terrorists Are Building Drones. France Is Destroying Them With Eagles.
San Fracisco Chronicle ^ | Tuesday, February 21, 2017 | Avi Selk

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


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1 posted on 02/25/2017 2:43:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
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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.


2 posted on 02/25/2017 2:48:13 PM PST by Mercat (Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when they do it out of conscience.” (Blaise Pascal))
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But wait until the poor eagles hit wind turbines or get zapped flying over a solar cell installation.


3 posted on 02/25/2017 2:52:05 PM PST by doug from upland (Are we dreaming or is Hillary finally really gone?)
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To: nickcarraway

That second picture is a fitting portrait of the new administration. Our national symbol taking out terrorists. (Yeah,I know it’s in France)


4 posted on 02/25/2017 2:52:28 PM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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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.)


5 posted on 02/25/2017 2:53:55 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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Until the aggressors clear the skies with sacrificial drones that blow up the eagles.


6 posted on 02/25/2017 3:09:28 PM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: nickcarraway

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.


7 posted on 02/25/2017 3:12:00 PM PST by beelzepug (Anybody I attack may rest assured it's personal!)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

“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...


8 posted on 02/25/2017 3:17:33 PM PST by babygene (Make America Great Again)
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To: nickcarraway

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.


9 posted on 02/25/2017 3:19:42 PM PST by VietVet876
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Tigers do pretty good, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVj-u3j3KBk

...but only if they’re flying very low.


10 posted on 02/25/2017 3:21:37 PM PST by PLMerite
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To: babygene

Perhaps it’s something like that.


11 posted on 02/25/2017 3:29:21 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: imardmd1

lol... What a party pooper!! lmao...


12 posted on 02/25/2017 3:33:21 PM PST by sit-rep
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To: PLMerite

Wow, drones look like excellent tiger toys. Those bad boys were pumped.


13 posted on 02/25/2017 3:35:37 PM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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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...!


14 posted on 02/25/2017 3:40:54 PM PST by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job....)
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15 posted on 02/25/2017 3:43:01 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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A Remington Model 870 12-gauge pump would be a lot simpler.


16 posted on 02/25/2017 3:45:37 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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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.


17 posted on 02/25/2017 4:21:18 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

What if the terrorists start shooting the poor eagles? All that training zapped in a second, plus the eagles are dead.


18 posted on 02/25/2017 4:42:08 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: Mercat

Watch out for the wind turbines.


19 posted on 02/25/2017 4:47:10 PM PST by 353FMG (AMERICA FIRST.)
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To: nickcarraway

Or take target practice.

20 posted on 02/25/2017 5:02:39 PM PST by jetson
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