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Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticated' drone near Tucson

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Re: Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticated' drone near Tucson

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Post by CamperBob2 »

LinuxBender wrote: post #7

Somewhat off topic, what I find curious is that gangs have not yet started really making use of drones. I've heard of them being used to drop drugs and phones into prisons, but not much else. Some of the higher end hobby drones can fly just as high as general aviation aircraft and really fast and carry a lot of weight. Or perhaps I have missed the stories?

Likewise, autonomous drug subs. Seems like it'd be impossible to interdict something like that between the Mexican coast and any arbitrary spot along the US west coast.

If the cartels aren't already using autonomous subs, it seems surprising.

Re: Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticated' drone near Tucson

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Post by dogma1138 »

LinuxBender wrote: post #7

Somewhat off topic, what I find curious is that gangs have not yet started really making use of drones. I've heard of them being used to drop drugs and phones into prisons, but not much else. Some of the higher end hobby drones can fly just as high as general aviation aircraft and really fast and carry a lot of weight. Or perhaps I have missed the stories?

They do

https://english.elpais.com/spain/2021-07-15/spanish-police-s...

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-mexicos-cartels-are-usin...

P.S. you can buy the drone in the first article for a few 1000’s $ on Alibaba…

Re: Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticated' drone near Tucson

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Post by hoppyhoppy2 »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #11
LinuxBender wrote: post #7

Somewhat off topic, what I find curious is that gangs have not yet started really making use of drones. I've heard of them being used to drop drugs and phones into prisons, but not much else. Some of the higher end hobby drones can fly just as high as general aviation aircraft and really fast and carry a lot of weight. Or perhaps I have missed the stories?

Likewise, autonomous drug subs. Seems like it'd be impossible to interdict something like that between the Mexican coast and any arbitrary spot along the US west coast. If the cartels aren't already using autonomous subs, it seems surprising.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco-submarine

>The number of narcosubs—boats modified to minimize their profile while shuttling drugs, has exploded nearly tenfold in the past decade.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-seas-suddenly-swimming-drug-2...

Re: Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticated' drone near Tucson

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Post by canada_dry »

LinuxBender wrote: post #7

Somewhat off topic, what I find curious is that gangs have not yet started really making use of drones. I've heard of them being used to drop drugs and phones into prisons, but not much else. Some of the higher end hobby drones can fly just as high as general aviation aircraft and really fast and carry a lot of weight. Or perhaps I have missed the stories?

I'm waiting for the drone version of the "Doberman Gang" [i]

[i] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068491/

Re: Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticated' drone near Tucson

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Post by CamperBob2 »

hoppyhoppy2 wrote: post #14
CamperBob2 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Likewise, autonomous drug subs. Seems like it'd be impossible to interdict something like that between the Mexican coast and any arbitrary spot along the US west coast. If the cartels aren't already using autonomous subs, it seems surprising.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco-submarine >The number of narcosubs—boats modified to minimize their profile while shuttling drugs, has exploded nearly tenfold in the past decade. https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-seas-suddenly-swimming-drug-2...

Those are crewed, or occasionally towed behind a normal boat. It should be relatively straightforward at this point to build a sub that can navigate entirely by itself.

Re: Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticated' drone near Tucson

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Post by hughes »

shusaku wrote: post #12

If this was reported as a “police chase UFO” story, would a super advanced drone really be the best explanation? I wonder if they were being fooled into thinking they were chasing something that wasn’t really there.

Until they identify it, it is a UFO.

Re: Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticated' drone near Tucson

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Post by stefan_ »

LinuxBender wrote: post #7

Somewhat off topic, what I find curious is that gangs have not yet started really making use of drones. I've heard of them being used to drop drugs and phones into prisons, but not much else. Some of the higher end hobby drones can fly just as high as general aviation aircraft and really fast and carry a lot of weight. Or perhaps I have missed the stories?

All the "drone delivery" startups and big co projects have outright failed or been nothing more than PR. There might be something about this that is a lot more difficult than can be seen prima facie, starting probably with the flight time of battery powered drones..
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