YJ02
Well Known GateFan
the French Air Force has been experimenting with the use of Eagles to capture and 'kill' rogue drones in restricted airspace. i believe it is a program now limited to controlling civilian drones but could be easily adapted to taking down the smaller military drones as well
this is a great example of merging nature and the animal world with the tech of today. other nations use multi million dollar missiles (Israel used a millions dollar PATRIOT missile to kill a mid sized commercial drone a few yrs back--but hey, they were spending American money not Israeli, they don't care) to do the same with a lot more risk and danger to the public and other personnel on the ground
I guess the french DO come up with good ideas from time to time
http://time.com/4675164/drone-hunting-eagles/
this is a great example of merging nature and the animal world with the tech of today. other nations use multi million dollar missiles (Israel used a millions dollar PATRIOT missile to kill a mid sized commercial drone a few yrs back--but hey, they were spending American money not Israeli, they don't care) to do the same with a lot more risk and danger to the public and other personnel on the ground
I guess the french DO come up with good ideas from time to time
http://time.com/4675164/drone-hunting-eagles/