Get Drones Or Get Clapped?

[utahjeepr]

I think this also begs the question, what are our anti drone options?

Not just detecting the drone itself, but also locating the drone operator.

Well you could deep dive into elint.

Or maybe falconry.

[Outlander Systems]

You can, cheaply, build a phase coherent capable unit that can do beam-forming and passive radar.

You can, also cheaply, buy an entire SIGINT/ELINT/COMINT suite-in-a-box for $399 here:

https://www.crowdsupply.com/krakenrf/krakensdr

Well you could deep dive into elint.

Or maybe falconry.

[AKDoug]

I've actually been wondering about this based on Ukraine footage. I could also see drones finding their way into the hunting scene, though I expect there will be a significant backlash against them there.

Our state, Alaska, already regulates them for hunting uses. I imagine other states have done so as well.

[gsd2053]

I already own and fly two tactical drones.

I’ll probably be cerakoting one very soon.

Pshit! Cerakoting? That's ancient analog tech. LCD Skin is where it's at. Simply point the tinny dome camera up and in the direction of your upward looking avasery and they see only what is behind your drone. Making it virtually invisible day or night.

Vise versa sump camera for downward looking adversaries.

Freaking klingon tech Bra!

[m1a_scoutguy]

Our state, Alaska, already regulates them for hunting uses. I imagine other states have done so as well.

When I lived in Montana 30+ years ago it was illegal then to fly/spot & hunt the same day, you always had to wait till the next day. I'm sure that's the same & drones would be similar I would think, although I did not check & confirm.

[jwfuhrman]

Thought of this 2 years ago when our "training group" started really getting serious into stuff more advanced than just flat range box drill training. With 500 acres of farm with 3 miles of creek/river wood trails and a 30 acre woods with trails, a couple of us brought up what ISIS and the Kurds were doing with Drones and what a invaluable intelligence gathering assesst they can be even to the civilian group.

We've setup a could training days of "Recce" Missions, where a small group of 3 has to work their way to a "strategic" target area and setup a hide point and stay on target to recon an area for a day or even 2. All of us work jobs that give us 3 day weekends every other weekend, so usually we will start mid day on Friday to get into position unseen, then Sunday will come either a engage a HVT at 400-500 or the team will have to get to a set way point for "pick up".

2 of us bought a couple Mavic Mini 2's that are under the weight limit to need the license to fly and got jailbroken iPhone 11's from eBay. With Airplane Mode on, you can still operate the drones. Each "side" of the scenario weekend has one of the drones to use. It took us 6 months of doing these 3 day weekends sometimes twice a month to really figure out how we need to do this as civilians...... our next goal is to take this into town and try to go "unnoticed" as grey man teams.

Essentially, drones used for "tactical" purposes by the Civ-Market is the next big thing once everyone figures that out. The amount of information you can get even using a small 249g Mini 2 drone from 390ft (394 is max "legal" height you can fly) is freaking amazing.

[Harpoon]

When I lived in Montana 30+ years ago it was illegal then to fly/spot & hunt the same day, you always had to wait till the next day. I'm sure that's the same & drones would be similar I would think, although I did not check & confirm.

I remember hearing years ago the same about Alaska. You could not hunt the same day that you flew in an aircraft.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Drones? HA! Drone SWARMS are where it’s at.

I would think that it would be pretty easy to turn a drone into an autonomous ‘anti-drone’ for kamakazee attacks. It’s got to give helo pilots the willies…. Way out of my skill set though.

I’m surprised more cities don’t run drones? After the riots of 2020, I thought about getting one for better situational awareness.

[Diamondback]

Pshit! Cerakoting? That's ancient analog tech. LCD Skin is where it's at. Simply point the tinny dome camera up and in the direction of your upward looking avasery and they see only what is behind your drone. Making it virtually invisible day or night.

Vise versa sump camera for downward looking adversaries.

Freaking klingon tech Bra!

You've been watching Die Another Day again, haven't you? Seriously, this kinda tech was on a design study my prof the retired fighter pilot and I put together 20 years ago... google "Adaptive Camouflage."

[SteyrAUG]

I already own and fly two tactical drones.

I’ll probably be cerakoting one very soon.

Should I throw my drone down the driveway so it has that "used in combat" look?

Seriously, excellent OP. I have all that shit in my tactical bug out vehicle. So long as everyone still has power and net, we should be unstoppable.

But when the day comes that people can't recharge the batteries for their NODS and dots, me and my iron sights are gonna rule the world.