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Dutch Firm Trains Eagles to Take Down Drones
nytimes.com ^ | May 28, 2016

Posted on 05/29/2016 6:33:57 AM PDT by Helicondelta

Its wings beating against a gathering breeze, the eagle moves gracefully through a cloudy sky, then swoops, talons outstretched, on its prey below.

The target, however, is not another bird but a small drone, and when the eagle connects, there is a metallic clunk. With the device in its grasp, the bird of prey returns to the ground.

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1 posted on 05/29/2016 6:33:57 AM PDT by Helicondelta
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2 posted on 05/29/2016 6:54:18 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (We cannot allow Hillary Clinton to become the next Angela Merkel)
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Coming next: anti-eagle countermeasures

Moreover, taking the drone is unimportant after its video is sent in realtime. Drones are disposable.


3 posted on 05/29/2016 7:03:31 AM PDT by bigbob
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NOT a good idea. Here's why: when you fire shotgun pellets into the air, they're going to be coming down back to earth at very high velocity if you miss the drone. And at speeds that will blow out house and automobile windows rather easily.
4 posted on 05/29/2016 7:29:20 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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This Dutch firm is going to get a lot of eagles killed. My graphite blades will take off its legs, no problem.


5 posted on 05/29/2016 7:32:38 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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I doubt you’re using the drone in a situation that would require an eagle to take it down.


6 posted on 05/29/2016 7:41:29 AM PDT by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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.. when you fire shotgun pellets into the air, they're going to be coming down back to earth at very high velocity if you miss the drone ..

Don't know where that insight came from Ray but it's dead wrong. Spent shotgun pellets won't even break your skin. A lapse of concentration rabbit hunting at Lake Eucumbene many moons ago (as Senator Warren might say) proved that. Cheers, Byron

7 posted on 05/29/2016 7:44:34 AM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (We cannot allow Hillary Clinton to become the next Angela Merkel)
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—you have it right -——while the ability of any shotgun load to bring down a drone is minimal, shotgun pellets do not descend at high velocity and are in general, the least dangerous of firearm projectiles beyond bird hunting range—


8 posted on 05/29/2016 7:59:47 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: escapefromboston

Definitely not, but I hate to see these beautiful birds get hurt.


9 posted on 05/29/2016 8:01:14 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: RayChuang88

Not if you don’t miss :)


10 posted on 05/29/2016 8:24:27 AM PDT by onona (Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
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You have never been rained on while duck hunting.


11 posted on 05/29/2016 10:26:45 AM PDT by Domangart
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"And at speeds that will blow out house and atomobile windows rather easily."

While I would never call a FReeper an uninformed ignorant boob,.......

12 posted on 05/29/2016 11:02:08 AM PDT by diogenes ghost
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