New Details Emerge on the “Highly Modified Drone” That Outran Police Helicopters

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Post by maerek » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 1:34 PM UTC

New Details Emerge on the “Highly Modified Drone” That Outran Police Helicopters
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Post by jackric » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 2:25 PM UTC

Any chance it was bat related?

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Post by hluska » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 2:27 PM UTC

jackric wrote: post #2

Any chance it was bat related?

According to the description “The quad copter was described as approximately 5 feet long by about 3 feet wide, with a single green flashing LED light.”

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Post by ericbarrett » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 2:51 PM UTC

Is there any conclusion to reach here (assuming this report is correct) besides a hostile entity scouting U.S. infrastructure?

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Post by kasey_junk » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 3:01 PM UTC

ericbarrett wrote: post #4

Is there any conclusion to reach here (assuming this report is correct) besides a hostile entity scouting U.S. infrastructure? See also: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/drones-swarmed-u-s-wars...

US testing it’s own drones against known defenses?

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Post by Jenk » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 3:02 PM UTC

ericbarrett wrote: post #4

Is there any conclusion to reach here (assuming this report is correct) besides a hostile entity scouting U.S. infrastructure? See also: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/drones-swarmed-u-s-wars...

Yes. A (secret?) US military project testing drone surveillance on unwitting US navy assets.

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Post by showerst » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 3:03 PM UTC

ericbarrett wrote: post #4

Is there any conclusion to reach here (assuming this report is correct) besides a hostile entity scouting U.S. infrastructure? See also: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/drones-swarmed-u-s-wars...

Could be any number of defense contractors, military, or LEO recklessly testing out a high end drone, then breaking the rules to avoid consequences.

Is there any intelligence that a drone that size could provide that you couldn't get from a combination of satellites and just driving around a decent camera? It seems really risky for a foreign adversary for limited gain.

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Post by drzhnn » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 3:04 PM UTC

Highly modified weather balloon, obviously.

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Post by CyberDildonics » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 3:08 PM UTC

ericbarrett wrote: post #4

Is there any conclusion to reach here (assuming this report is correct) besides a hostile entity scouting U.S. infrastructure? See also: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/drones-swarmed-u-s-wars...

Why would you need an experimental drone to do that when you can use satellite photos?

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Post by gpm » Wed, Jun 02, 2021, 3:14 PM UTC

CyberDildonics wrote: post #9

ericbarrett wrote: post #4

Is there any conclusion to reach here (assuming this report is correct) besides a hostile entity scouting U.S. infrastructure? See also: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/drones-swarmed-u-s-wars...

Why would you need an experimental drone to do that when you can use satellite photos?

You want to test your ability to get physical payloads in place, e.g. in the future the drone could carry a bomb or something else clever (listening devices? Dropping gallium on aluminum airplanes? Etc)

You want low angle shots?

You're not well funded enough to get good satellite photos?