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localroger

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16. There is also something very fishy about how this has been presented

Reply to JackRiddler (Reply #10)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 04:46 PM

Dec 2018

There was a Guardian article yesterday claiming that if anybody had refitted the flight controller with a 3G/phone modem for long distance control, they would need a Master's or even Ph.D. -- this is simply bullshit. I know several people with no college ed at all who could do that. Hobby robotics is a thing nowadays. The fact that they told such a stupidly obvious lie in the course of the investigation makes me very skeptical about anything they announce as a conclusion.

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Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption [View all] jpak Dec 2018 OP

Make an example of them ... no pulled punches. Auggie Dec 2018 #1

I would march them through the airport Sherman A1 Dec 2018 #3

The NY Times article I read said they face life in jail. n/t OnlinePoker Dec 2018 #7

Better in forced servitude to anyone whose life was disrupted. The Mouth Dec 2018 #8

Certainly old enough to know better Cirque du So-What Dec 2018 #2

The New York Post article on this said it was a "sophisticated drone operation" jpak Dec 2018 #4

Yeah ... kind of like of recreational computer hacking? Auggie Dec 2018 #5

The New York Post said that? JackRiddler Dec 2018 #11

Countermeasures already exist. NutmegYankee Dec 2018 #9

America has No Monopoly on Stupidity adVance democracy Dec 2018 #6

Everyone hold your bloodthirst, not open and shut JackRiddler Dec 2018 #10

This happened in the UK, not the US Takket Dec 2018 #13

Wow! Thanks for clarifying that. JackRiddler Dec 2018 #14

There is also something very fishy about how this has been presented localroger Dec 2018 #16

This is typical hyping JackRiddler Dec 2018 #18

I thought that sophisticated military can develop a radio message question everything Dec 2018 #12

That is a hair-raising possibility. JackRiddler Dec 2018 #15

Modern drones can fly themselves localroger Dec 2018 #17

They did. Denzil_DC Dec 2018 #19

Thanks. Interesting (nt) question everything Dec 2018 #20

Gatwick drone chaos: arrested couple freed without charge muriel_volestrangler Dec 2018 #21