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  • #31
    Storage until you have enough is the main problem.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by Triple C View Post
      Jimmy,

      What about things like self-propelled AA guns and other air defense assets against choppers?
      Most of the drones we're talking about fly higher than that.

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      • #33
        Perhaps the would be bomb makers need some tips - be sure to use a gas stove, preferably in a basement to hide the activity from the law - bring a large kettle of premium 93 octane gasoline to a rolling boil with abundant crumbled pieces of Styrofoam - stirring furiously (with an oversized chrome spoon) and then pour in the contents of several lead acid batteries while leaning over the boiling kettle - praying and chanting slogans vigorously to incite the necessary reaction.
        sigpic"If your plan is for one year, plant rice. If your plan is for ten years, plant trees.
        If your plan is for one hundred years, educate children."

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        • #34
          Excellent.

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          • #35
            Nah, just give some of my ex's homecooking.

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            • #36
              Originally posted by Jimmy View Post
              Most of the drones we're talking about fly higher than that.
              Sophisticated military drones have an angels ceiling of 45,000+ feet and de-icing systems are a necessity. Most incorporate a triple-avionics redundancy to mitigate catastrophic failure. They also posses automatic takeoff and landing (ATOL) systems in the event up/down comm links are lost.
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              • #37
                Explosives - far more explosives are used for mining and quarry work, than for military purposes. They don't pack the same energy per unit mass, but would certainly be deadly.

                ANFO comes in large bags. These could be stuffed into a Cessna 210 or similar, replicating passenger weight in terms of mass and location. A diverted railway car or two would provide a huge amount. I agree it is hard to get, VERY hard in parts of the world where diversion of explosives is a problem, but it's possible. Hopefully we'll never see it. Terrorists tend to think differently and would rather pack the stuff into a truck..



                The stuff the terrorists cook (and hopefully screw up) would be the initiator, since ANFO is very insensitive. We're talking about the same explosives that created the liquids problem for the airlines a few years back. The actual stuff isn't liquid, but it is MADE from liquids. I am guessing the fear was some idiot would whip up a batch in an airplane lavatory.
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                • #38
                  Speaking of drones...

                  Israeli jets down drone that entered airspace - SFGate

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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by tbm3fan View Post
                    With the knowledge gained from operating a large UAV fleet, the IAF has developed the requisite competence to detect and track drone intrusions, and to intercept and terminate such events.
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                    • #40
                      Building stealth characteristics into small drones is infinitely easier than a larger airframe, and is going to make such intercepts a lot more challenging in the near future.

                      Hand in hand with all this development is the cyber side of drone ops. We've already seen what can be done if the data link is not extremely robust.

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