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Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

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Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

#21

I recall that in the beginnings of World War I, planes were primarily used as surveillance tools. So the germans and french would send their planes above a battlefield, and the pilots would see each other, sometimes even wave at each as they passed by. A little bit later someone brought a shotgun on one of the planes and the rest is literal history.

I'm very curious as to what the reaction was of the first pilot that was shot at. My guess is he was probably be thinking more "Wow, what an asshole," than he would be thinking that the aggressor's action makes sense in the context of war.

Probably the thought, "Next time I'm bringing a machine gun!"

Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

#22

I recall that in the beginnings of World War I, planes were primarily used as surveillance tools. So the germans and french would send their planes above a battlefield, and the pilots would see each other, sometimes even wave at each as they passed by. A little bit later someone brought a shotgun on one of the planes and the rest is literal history.

I'm very curious as to what the reaction was of the first pilot that was shot at. My guess is he was probably be thinking more "Wow, what an asshole," than he would be thinking that the aggressor's action makes sense in the context of war.

> "Wow, what an asshole,"

Which has a long history between the Germans and French...

Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

#23
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Can't decide between "fascinating high-tech solution (drone)" and "fascinating low-tech solution (net)". Which one is it?

I don't know but my gut reaction to the video was: "That is so f---ing cool I can't even believe it."

Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

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I recall that in the beginnings of World War I, planes were primarily used as surveillance tools. So the germans and french would send their planes above a battlefield, and the pilots would see each other, sometimes even wave at each as they passed by. A little bit later someone brought a shotgun on one of the planes and the rest is literal history.

I'm very curious as to what the reaction was of the first pilot that was shot at. My guess is he was probably be thinking more "Wow, what an asshole," than he would be thinking that the aggressor's action makes sense in the context of war.

That's exactly what the little drone said when it got stuck in the police drone's net.

Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

#27

People will probably start building bigger drones with bigger nets to catch the police drones. It's just a matter of time.

None of these countermeasures will matter after the Tokyo police start injecting stomach acids that digest the victim drones from the inside out.

Re: Tokyo police are using drones with nets to catch other drones

#30

Seems it would be equally effective, and a lot less weight, to just drape a bunch of monofilament lines below rather than a full-on net. Those would get tangled in the "bad" drone's rotors well enough, I'd reckon.

Running steel cable or nets, instead of monofilament wire, is pretty much SOP for denying an area from rotorcraft. There's a pretty cool article on Wikipedia about prison escapes by helicopter [1] that explains how this is often implemented in high-security correctional facilities. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_helicopter_prison_esca...

I like it how there are green or red helicopter icons in the table to indicate success or failure.
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