Officials at Langley Air Force Base unsure whether parade of unmanned vehicles were foreign powers snooping or the work of hobbyists
  • @friend_of_satanEnglish
    19•2 months ago

    Under federal law, the military is only allowed to shoot down drones over military bases if they pose a direct threat.

    That is really remarkable. Civilians talk about shooting drones flying over their property all the time, but learning that even the military isn’t free to do so is a bit shocking.

    • @[email protected]English
      9•2 months ago

      That is really weird, the law is like, a 10 mile radius around any military installation i think?

  • @jordanlundM
    14•2 months ago

    Seems super easy to figure out… Target practice guys!

    • @RapidcreekOP
      20•2 months ago

      Yeah There’s absolutely no reason why the military would let 17 drones hover over a military base. In the 70s I had some friends fly a aluminum foil box kite near a USAF SAC base. They thought they pulled it off until the next morning and when several uniformed and armed USAF officers knocked at their door. The ringleader later went to the USAF academy and became a pilot.

  • @just_another_person
    0•2 months ago

    Yeah, because those hobbyists are risking being identified and arrested for…hobbying

    • @shalafiEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      100mph at 3,000 to 4,000 feet

      That seems a bit beyond “hobby” level drones. I may be wrong though.

      • @just_another_person
        2•2 months ago

        Yeah, my point exactly. We’ve already identified these portable drone stations being deployed by what are assumed to be Chinese government moles around remote areas from the hardware. I’m sure this is the same.