This is how militaries can defend against drones

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-26 21:51:30 | Updated at 2024-11-28 20:34:10 1 day ago

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

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!")

To: SaxxonWoods

How about helicopters with steel nets between them

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

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

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 )

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

To: Sirius Lee

what if we teach birds to attack them?

7 posted on 11/26/2024 1:47:08 PM PST by Ueriah

To: SaxxonWoods

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

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