I honestly don't get it. All this investment in anti-drone equipment, and yet nothing is being done with it. We don't even know if they're just regular drone trolls harassing neighborhoods in the summer, searching for women with flawless tans, or dangerous Russian spies.
Just take those things down; we all had to pay for them…

by radicalerudy

10 comments

  1. I think the drones flying over Europe now are much higher than what those things can achieve

  2. The drones being used now aren’t hobbyist drones. They go several 100kph, guided with optical fibre cables. Meaning you can’t just throw a net on them or jam them.
    Shooting them down is an option, but where do they crash? What if you miss, where does the projectile land?
    Seems like the drone operators have some experience, perhaps from a conflict where drones have been used for the past few years?

  3. The problem with these anti drone weapons is that they work by breaking the connection of the controller and the drone, forcing it to land or return.

    This might work for policing, but when we look at something like Kleine Brogel, we’re talking about (likely) military espionage, the Russian military, much like the Ukrainians, use (alot of) drones on fibre wire, which these weapons can’t stop

    So in reality they use shotguns to shoot them down and these anti drone weapons are not as useful, plus they drain a lot of power, which you also don’t have at the front.

    They could be used by the police, but then the question is if it isn’t easier to simply track the controller and arrest them

  4. I think you need to stop and think for an instant how vast and incredibly large military bases or airports are and how many people and material you would need to have something readily available each time some drone passes. Drones are right now ridiculously available and easy to deploy and very hard to counter at any time, anywhere, in a limited delay. This is not a Belgium problem, all critical infrastructure anywhere is in play. The real question is who’s doing this and how do the intelligence services get these people on their radar, we shouldn’t be chasing the drones but the people operating them and eliminating those targets.

  5. Another example of how our Prime Minister squandered our tax money while in charge of the city of Antwerp. De Wever always believes he can predict the future, but when it arrives, it’s completely different from what he predicted. All these fancy toys and nothing to show for.

  6. I was watching the news yesterday and this dude came on and said: ” there are some great solutions on the market from other countries”

    I’m not one for conspiracies, but it kinda made me think, what if this is some trick to have all European countries spend millions on some sort of military drone defence technology? Create a problem, sell the solution.
    The coincidence just seems too big, that all these unprotected infrastructures all over Europe gets targeted at the same time.

    My guess is Palantir is behind this. Fuck Palantir.

  7. Cool! Of het nu Russen zijn hobbyisten: je hoort daar niet te vliegen. Net zoals je niet zomaar met je auto op militair domein rijd. Simpel as that.
    Ik vlieg zelf met drones en snap niet waarom mensen het in hun hoofd halen om in de buurt van een militaire basis te vliegen. Zelfs als dit niet logisch zou lijken; iedereen die legaal wilt vliegen moet een online cursus afleggen. Dan zou je het sowieso moeten weten. En deze dat illegaal vliegen kunnen een gevaar vormen en mogen voor mij ook uit de lucht gehaald worden. Heel cool materiaal! Zal zeker wel handig zijn. Better safe then sorry

  8. The local police of Antwerp has this. All these drones are on military bases or other local zones. I doubt they will just lend this out.

  10. Beetje respect voor het digitale welzijn van deze machines, het zijn uitzonderlijk drukke dagen. Gij klinkt als Theo Francken.

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