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Old 21-12-2018, 18:30   #74
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Re: Drones ground flights at Gatwick

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Originally Posted by Uncle Peter View Post
You'd be lucky if there was enough kinetic energy in a spread of pellets to take down a drone in the 50-100 yard range

A slug at 300 yards maybe but good luck hitting a fast moving drone at that range.
Police snipers had a go at it (or them)

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London’s Gatwick Airport suspended flights on Friday just hours after reopening following a 36-hour closure which stranded more than 100,000 Christmas travellers when a mystery saboteur used drones to play cat-and-mouse with police snipers.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-br..._medium=Social
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