tornado path scouring shown on quadcopter video

 

 

 

Quite amazing what you can see from the air.  It would be quite expensive to get this view from a plane or helicopter, but quite easy and inexpensive from a quadcopter.

russian tanks add armor to protect against drones

 https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2021/11/26/russian-tank-with-improvised-anti-drone-armor-entered-ukraine-video/

 

What are makeshift anti-drone bumpers? These are metal structures, lattice or cage type, rough workmanship, and similar to the lamella bumper. It is noteworthy that their installation aims to “protect” the tank from hitting from above. Traditionally, tank armor tries to protect the tank from the sides or front. To be mounted to protect the armored vehicle from being hit from above means that the armor can be designed for both kamikaze drones and Javelin anti-tank missile systems...

 Ukraine has several drones, two of which make an impression: Bayraktar TB2, which is Turkish-made and has done a lot of damage to Russian weapons in Armenia during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and Israeli kamikaze drone Harop. But another reason for such makeshift armor is the fact that Ukrainian forces are increasingly using smaller drones, including quadcopters armed with adapted mortars and other explosive payloads, to attack Russian-backed forces in the east.

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I saw video of a simple drone dropping a grenade on a tank in the Middle East somewhere.  Killed the tank captain who was standing in the turret.  So yeah, good idea.

 

 

slingshot boy a hero for shooting down a French drone

 https://www.dntghana.com/2021/11/22/13-year-old-burkinabe-boy-shoots-down-french-drone-with-slingshot/

 

The situation degenerated into a high tension variety prompting the French Army to fire warning shots into the sky. That didn’t work so they deployed a drone to capture aeriel video to access the situation.

that’s when the 13-year-old boy (name unknown) used his slingshot to shoot down the drone.

The French Army convoy eventually turned back...

 

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This reminds me of the African militia leader who used carrier pigeons instead of his cell phone to keep from being found.

 

Drone on Mars

 

Canadians complain about a pesky drone

 https://infotel.ca/newsitem/creepy-and-invasive-peachland-couple-fed-up-with-unwanted-drone-activity/it86521

 

“We were walking along the trail and kept hearing a drone flying around us and then when we would catch sight of it, it would fly off behind the trees. We would lose sight of it again but it followed us on the trail for almost half of an hour," she said.

The first incident reportedly took place in Bibby’s backyard where she was lounging with her husband.

“A drone flew by a few times, then came back and literally hovered about us for five minutes,” Bibby said. “We were getting creeped out by it and yelling at it, acknowledging that we saw it. It flew away, then returned shortly after, so my husband brought out his BB gun and pointed it at the drone and it took off, which proves it was watching us.” 

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I'm not sure what the Canadian rules are for amateur drone pilots?  I think they're more strict than US rules actually.  But at any event this is wrong.

crow attacks delivery drone

 https://imgur.com/gallery/zxSKf7T

 

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 They're gonna need to include defensive mice or something.

Another bad use of drones

 https://apnews.com/article/california-smuggling-4e9aa8c47339711d8174c22950457b53

 

The drone is suspected of carrying heroin, methamphetamine, Xanax and muscle relaxers into the Theo Lacy Facility in the city of Orange last Sunday, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

The inmate is accused of using a jailhouse phone to direct the man where to fly the drone. 

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A good invention usually gets found by crooks sooner or later.