[Travel] Drones spotted at LGW.

[beorhthelm]

I would have thought the easy answer is putting a blocker on the network that they woirk on ona 1 mile radius of airports and prisons so that they will not work. If it upsets a few tough luck the national security is greater than any single nerd playing or supplying prisoners with mobile phones or drugs etc.

yes, a blocker on GPS and other radio frequencies 1 mile around Gatwick would be a solution. may have onward problems.

 

[Springal]

Yeah just jam a load of radio equipment close to Gatwick, what is the worst that could happen

 

[BensGrandad]

yes, a blocker on GPS and other radio frequencies 1 mile around Gatwick would be a solution. may have onward problems.

I would have thought that the frequency that drones work on could be set by the law of the land for manufacturers and just those frequencies blocked. I dont know but would have thought so with modern technology.

 

[Springal]

I would have thought that the frequency that drones work on could be set by the law of the land for manufacturers and just those frequencies blocked

They use 2.4Ghz which is basically WiFi

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Yeah just jam a load of radio equipment close to Gatwick, what is the worst that could happen

Well, it won't bring down any planes.......there aren't any!

 

[BensGrandad]

They use 2.4Ghz which is basically WiFi

Could that not be changed by law.

 

[beorhthelm]

Could that not be changed by law.

no, because WiFi is public and anyone can use it.

 

[Springal]

Could that not be changed by law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2.4_GHz_radio_use

 

[Icy Gull]

As the Argentinians found out, explosives do a lot of damage to runways.

There are drones the size of Vulcan Bombers now?

 

[pb21]

So who was responsible:

1. A lone nutjob, possibly with a personal grievance against Gatwick.
2. A protest group.
3. Heathrow.
4. The Russians.
5. Someone else.

 

[Stat Brother]

So who was responsible:

1. A lone nutjob, possibly with a personal grievance against Gatwick.
2. A protest group.
3. Heathrow.
4. The Russians.
5. Someone else.

Ashley Barnes

 

[Thunder Bolt]

So who was responsible:

1. A lone nutjob, possibly with a personal grievance against Gatwick.
2. A protest group.
3. Heathrow.
4. The Russians.
5. Someone else.

We know there were drones (plural) so my money (although I don't bet) is on the protest group.

 

[Triggaaar]

Not if it’s close enough to a plane that the explosion could cause a chain reaction of explosions.

Yeah, so you shoot it when it's not close to a plane. Otherwise they could maneuver it close to a plane and detonate it. Better the police choose where it could detonate, than the pilot.

 

[Napper]

So who was responsible:

1. A lone nutjob, possibly with a personal grievance against Gatwick.
2. A protest group.
3. Heathrow.
4. The Russians.
5. Someone else.

give it a day or 2 and the media will pin it to corbyn

 

[Triggaaar]

Oh right, even worse than I thought then. The chaos that can be unleashed with these things has no limits and seemingly pretty well undetectable. There really doesn't appear to be an answer.

Ban all drones.

Seriously, how long will it be before terrorists bring down a police helicopter over a city, with basically no chance of being caught?

 

[Lurker]

give it a day or 2 and the media will pin it to corbyn

I would think Corbyn is quite keen to find out who was responsible so that he can send them a thank you card.
Without Dronegate, yesterday's headlines would have all been about Corbyn and his faux pas in PMQ's the previous day, and they would not have been supportive headlines either!

Back on topic, and apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but anyone up for a conspiracy?

It's a little weird that the authorities are saying that it is now perfectly safe to fly planes around Gatwick despite the Drone(s) and the Pilot(s) not being found or even identified.
Do they know something they aren't telling us?

Could it be that yesterday's antics were in fact a blackmail plot and the Airport has now paid a ransom, but clearly they wouldn't want anybody to know that for fear of copycat issues?

Just a thought?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

On a lighter note, there was a lot of anger around Newhaven in the summer, where one drone was hovering over various back gardens where people were sunbathing.

 

[BensGrandad]

no, because WiFi is public and anyone can use it.

I wasnt meaning wifi I meant could they not make it law that drones could only operate on a different wave length that is at present not being used and set an idependant wave length just for the use of drones.

 

[ManOfSussex]

So who was responsible:

1. A lone nutjob, possibly with a personal grievance against Gatwick.
2. A protest group.
3. Heathrow.
4. The Russians.
5. Someone else.

I'm still sticking with it being 2 male, Russian tourists, who came all the way to The UK to visit the world famous Queens Square shopping centre in Crawley, thus fulfilling a lifelong ambition, but who were curtailed in doing so on account of it raining.

 

[Hampden Park]

On a lighter note, there was a lot of anger around Newhaven in the summer, where one drone was hovering over various back gardens where people were sunbathing.

what do they expect, if a jenny is going to get her baps out they are bound to have drones oggling