Britain: Large Drone Repeatedly Flown Over Gatwick Airport, Thousands of Travelers Stranded, Army Deployed
December 20th, 2018The French Air Force has trained eagles to attack drones:
In a battle between ancient arts and modern technology, France’s army is teaching birds of prey to bring down remote-controlled drones when they enter no-go urban airspace.
Four golden eagles are getting military training for combat against battery-charged drones that just about anybody can buy in a local store, and fly into security-sensitive zones such as presidential palaces, wittingly or not.
“These eagles can spot the drones several thousand meters (yards) away and neutralize them,” Jean-Christophe Zimmerman, a French air force general, told reporters.
The idea, he says, was inspired by Dutch police trials.
Via: Daily Mail:
The Army has been called in to help locate and bring down a drone being flown over Gatwick Airport today as almost 800 flights were axed and 110,000 people left stranded as they tried to get away for Christmas.
Police are in a cat-and-mouse game with the rogue pilot who has not yet been found despite causing chaos at Britain’s second busiest airport since 9pm last night.
Armed officers carrying Heckler & Koch sniper rifles are dotted along the runway ready to shoot down the drone and end the most disruptive airport trespass in UK history.
Today 760 flights were grounded over fears a drone could take down a passenger jet if it was sucked into an engine or smashed through its fuselage with Gatwick’s runway set to be closed until the manhunt ends.
Passengers have been warned the disruption will run into Friday and Saturday – the busiest days of the Christmas getaway – because so many planes are grounded at Gatwick or scattered across Britain and Europe after being diverted.
Almost 24 hours into the crisis the police has approached the Ministry of Defence for help and they could send spotters as well as vehicles and helicopters to help search for the saboteur.
Soldiers could test the Army’s new weapon – known as a ‘Drone Dome’ or ‘kill-jammer’ – which can ‘soft kill’ a drone by knocking out its communications or a ‘hard kill’ by shooting it down with a laser from up to two miles away.
The shutdown at Gatwick today has renewed calls for the use of anti-drone technology at British airports including frequency jammers and early warning systems now common near US runways.
This story has gone high weird / farce. Couple named as suspects by media were released, not guilty, and are looking at massive libel damages from the dirtbag UK MSM.
Police suggested that the drones might not have existed at all. Then a few hours later the denial is denied, and yes, they did.
Oh, and there’s a very expensive Israeli system that will help to keep our airports safe.
And drone pilots will probably end up having to file flightplans or tag their flights with identifiable IDs.