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Old 20-12-2018, 22:57   #41
jfman
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Re: Drones ground flights at Gatwick

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Originally Posted by Mick View Post
To do what lol ? - This drone can travel very fast and if they have hacked it, they have probably changed the speed parameters on it as well and it can travel at any height too. No Marksman is going to shoot something down that's hundreds of feet above a commercial zone.

My hunch is that the pilots are in a vehicle, miles away from the Airport and moving around thwarting all efforts to get a true position because signal keeps changing and moving and the drone is navigating on Pre-set Way points.
If they can anticipate when the drone will appear by prompting it to do a flyover this might give them new information. It might not, but they are probably better inviting it than reacting.

Obviously identifying it taking off or landing would be a huge (though unlikely) win. I don’t know what military resources could help in this area.

They have said they are considering options to shoot it down although I agree with you it’s unlikely.
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