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Gatwick, Heathrow Airports Order Military-Grade Anti-Drone Equipment

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(Reuters) - London’s Gatwick and Heathrow airports have ordered military-grade anti-drone defenses worth “several million pounds” after drones caused three days of disruption at Gatwick last month, the airports confirmed late on Thursday. (reut.rs) Mais...

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wacoachy
wacoachy 2
Just remember people, with all the technology and cameras around an airport there was no one photo or video of a drone and even the police said there probably was no drone at gatwick. so you dont need a drone to shut an airport, just a phone to ring and say the word drone.
Moviela
Ric Wernicke 3
I can't board an airplane with a 4.2 oz tube of toothpaste in my carry on, but people can buy a device in a toy store that can shut down an airport.

We need some better control of who gets these devices, and make sure each one is registered to the owner, and the drone itself won't fly unless it squawks an ident.
sakohaji
Saib Al-Kohaji 1
Control of any sort to those drones or other equipment will only be applied to those nice folks who like to play with them and mean no harm to to others. Those who intend to disrupt other people lives will get them in an illegal way and do their things as they wish, like other things such as guns and many others. So they have to find new ways to stop them. Maybe a distortion frequencies as a fence around airports.
belzybob
belzybob 1
So maybe it was just a marketing exercise after all.....:-)
ADXbear
ADXbear 1
Good.. violatirs will be destroyed.. that is all
vickipalmer
Vicki Palmer 0
Why can't they just be shot out the sky! I know the owners won't be caught but just stop them messing up flights!!
JMARTINSON
JMARTINSON 1
The authorities would have to actually see the drone to shoot it down (they did not).
shenghaohan
Shenghao Han -7
It feels like an invitation to potential trouble maker to fly their drone near Heathrow...

JMARTINSON
JMARTINSON 5
uh, so, but, well what about...er, uh, never mind.
joelwiley
joel wiley 1
No more than armed guards are like an invitation to rob a bank IMHO.
GrahameBudd
Grahame Budd 1
That comment is so off base I don't know where to start.

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