Posted on 05/24/2021 10:28:23 AM PDT by lowbridge
The FBI has joined the hunt for the operator of some kind of high-performance drone that flew “dangerously close” to a Customs and Border Protection helicopter over southern Arizona last Feb. 9. According to report from KOLD News, the Tucson CBS affiliate, the drone buzzed the CBP helicopter near Davis Monthan Air Force Base and then followed it for an hour, going as high as 14,000 feet. That’s well beyond the capabilities of commercially available drones and it clearly has the feds concerned.
(Excerpt) Read more at avweb.com ...
USAF taunting the FBI again.
Wouldn’t be the first time, but seems to me they would likely be pleased to have some first-world partner/assets to draw on. Especially for high-performance aviation tech.
Here I thought we spent billions on a “virtual” fence, but apparently, that does not include signal jammers above the border. I saw a chair fitted with 4 drones carrying a person on a video the other day. Coming soon to a border wall near you. Also, as someone else said, I can see this being the new way to smuggle drugs in.
“Things just became even more interesting.”
Wait till they hang a pair of gold plated AK-74s off them.
L
Or a couple of pounds of C4.
“then followed it for an hour, going as high as 14,000 feet.”
No commercially available drone has this capability, particularly in endurance and altitude and speed. It they were at 14000 feet they were on oxygen or in a pressurized craft of high performance and the drone kept up with them? Totally ridiculous.
I call Bull Sh-t!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.