UK military shooting down UAVs now...

[AeroJ]

BBC have a story today about how military personnel will be allowed to shoot down drones that are mounting incursions to RTZs and military installations in the UK.

Hard to argue with the logic of this, but of course the worry persists that these powers will be extended into non-critical situations and locations at the first possible opportunity.

I did find it quite funny they used a Phantom in the picture tho !

 

[mavic3usa]

Everyone wants to shoot down and take down drones. Once we get over the legal hurdle, next comes the how. Easy to bring down the drone flown by the honest, law-abiding citizen. The criminal culprit bent on destruction, not so much. Have fun with downing drones over parades and football games and other public events where people are just trying to get pictures and videos. That's all they wanted anyway. If we bring down drones over military bases and airports, at least we might start getting the truth about the origin and intent of the rogue drones; or maybe not.

 

[Felix le Chat]

BBC have a story today about how military personnel will be allowed to shoot down drones that are mounting incursions to RTZs and military installations in the UK.

Hard to argue with the logic of this, but of course the worry persists that these powers will be extended into non-critical situations and locations at the first possible opportunity.

I did find it quite funny they used a Phantom in the picture tho !
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Like you say, how long before anything that can be defined by the word 'infrastructure' gets the same green light, the wording of the header is the real red flag with me... how near is 'near'?

Incursion is clear: meaning over a definitive, geographically defined territorial line. Near? What does that mean? A foot from the perimeter? A hundred yards? A mile?

 

[christangey]

No big surprise, the UK has gone full Nazi for a decade now, arresting pensioners for social media posts, mounting a war on its own national flag, arresting Christians for praying in public places. This is just more to come under Keir Yung Un. But I don't have an opinion really.