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This is how militaries can defend against drones
Defence iQ ^ | 8/14/2017 | Sumit Dutta

Posted on 11/26/2024 1:29:34 PM PST by SaxxonWoods

Blunt force Perhaps the most obvious and most low-tech solution on the UAS mitigation market is to knock the drone out of the air with another object. Department 13’s MESMER – which competed in last year’s MITRE Counter-UAS challenge – actively hacks the connection between the pilot and the drone by manipulating the radio communication protocol. The operator can then force the drone to land or return home. Directional RF interference Higher-grade, large-scale options are now being marketed for the rigours of military use in the form of multi-tiered, radar-based systems.

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More: what could be the fastest and most decisive capability on the list, lasers are becoming a feasible option. However, directed energy weapons are still experimental Other drones Using UAS technology to counter UAS technology seems a natural step – and indeed several organisations have taken this approach (More at the link.)
1 posted on 11/26/2024 1:29:34 PM PST by SaxxonWoods
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To: SaxxonWoods

Note, this article is from 08/2017. The current state of defense against drones is probably more capable than what is shown here.

Drones don’t have to be allowed in restricted airspace.


2 posted on 11/26/2024 1:31:10 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Black guy upon receiving a MAGA hat: "MURICA!")
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To: SaxxonWoods

How about helicopters with steel nets between them


3 posted on 11/26/2024 1:33:35 PM PST by xkaydet65
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To: xkaydet65

How about helicopters using their rotors to blow them out of the sky?


4 posted on 11/26/2024 1:38:09 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: SaxxonWoods

ground forces with shotguns...?


5 posted on 11/26/2024 1:39:41 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: SaxxonWoods
The current state of defense against drones is probably more capable than what is shown here.

Judging by the recent string of drone incursions over our air bases, and thumbs-up-the-ass responses offered, no it isn't.

6 posted on 11/26/2024 1:40:17 PM PST by Sirius Lee
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what if we teach birds to attack them?


7 posted on 11/26/2024 1:47:08 PM PST by Ueriah
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8 posted on 11/26/2024 1:47:35 PM PST by Pelham (President Eisenhower. Operation Wetback 1953-54)
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To: SaxxonWoods

marbles, a tube and compressed air


9 posted on 11/26/2024 1:57:19 PM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Isn’t it odd that these occurrence are simultaneously taking place across the globe? Odd isn’t it that the ‘drone’ bug has gone viral and international and just at military installations. Aren’t the world militaries the ones hiding the UFO story? It reminds me of world wide crop circles and likely there is a connection. Do you suppose there is a message/communication in there somewhere?


10 posted on 11/26/2024 2:01:35 PM PST by iontheball
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To: SaxxonWoods

AKA “jamming.”


11 posted on 11/26/2024 2:24:27 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: xkaydet65

The best ways to defeat drones is by identifying manufacturing facilities, transportation means, operator centers and drone airfields, then make them primary targets. Routine intelligence work should be able provide coordinates.


12 posted on 11/26/2024 2:48:49 PM PST by elpadre
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To: mbrfl

You don’t want that happening to your rotors.


13 posted on 11/26/2024 3:16:36 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Directional emp gun. Zap the buggers.


14 posted on 11/26/2024 3:19:34 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

By doctrine, half of all artillery fire is counter-battery. Which means your artillery is shooting at theirs. So it’s not that much a stretch to imagine half of all your drones should be anti-drone drones.


15 posted on 11/26/2024 3:27:31 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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There are several different counter methods depending on the type of drone to be countered. When you put kamikaze drones into the mix, I would offer up a counter-drone drone. One with a multiple kill per flight capability and reusability.


16 posted on 11/26/2024 4:01:37 PM PST by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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I would offer up a counter-drone drone

I'll offer a swarm of ultra-cheap decoy drones and a couple smart drones with the explosive payloads.

17 posted on 11/26/2024 4:23:57 PM PST by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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What kind of drones? Military drones? Or $30 Walmart toys?


18 posted on 11/26/2024 4:31:03 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Yesterday at about noon a neighbor was flying a small drone.

It was noisy.


19 posted on 11/26/2024 4:36:14 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: SaxxonWoods

https://dronecatcher.nl/


20 posted on 11/26/2024 5:01:31 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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