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  • GreenMirror
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    Metro? Sister paper of the fail? I did read similar in the fail this morning - I assumed it was just the keystone cops.

    Now about Dublin.....

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  • WTFH
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    So they've narrowed down who did it:
    Gatwick Airport drone attack 'was an inside job' | Metro News

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  • GreenMirror
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    Thank goodness this can only happen in the UK,. No way would this ever happen in the EU. No Sir.

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  • mudskipper
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    Originally posted by GhostofTarbera View Post
    Bridges are now closing because of drones


    Severn Bridge shuts after drone flown from the top - BBC News


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    TBF it sound like it shut because someone climbed up it to fly a drone, rather than because there was a drone.

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  • GreenMirror
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    More chance of catching the Gatwick drone operators than catching the CUK malware operators.

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  • GhostofTarbera
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    Bridges are now closing because of drones


    Severn Bridge shuts after drone flown from the top - BBC News


    Sent from my iPhone using Contractor UK Forum

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  • Hobosapien
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    New primary suspect: Police drone

    Gatwick drones: Sussex Police 'sorry' for arrested couple - BBC News

    He admitted police drones launched to investigate could have caused "some level of confusion"
    The disruption was not caused by police drones, launched in response and only when the airport was closed.
    However, he said he was "absolutely certain that there was a drone flying throughout the period that the airport was closed".


    Looks like the original perp has gotten clean away amid confusion of public spotting police drones in the area.

    Tinfoil hat theory: Saboteurs not happy with imminent sale of airport.

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
    Size isn't important - it's what you do with it.
    Size is also relative, not only to others, but also to where/how it’s used.
    A cocktail sausage fits nicely in a bit of puff pastry, but wouldn’t be noticed in the channel tunnel

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  • mudskipper
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    WTFH's brain is very big, Cojak's brain is very big, NAT's brain is very big, Admin's brain is very big.
    Size isn't important - it's what you do with it.

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    WTFH's brain is very big, Cojak's brain is very big, NAT's brain is very big, Admin's brain is very big.


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  • minestrone
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    Originally posted by GreenMirror View Post
    Its a question of size. The smallest thing I can think of is WTFH's brain Do you think radar could detect that?
    WTFH's brain is very big, Cojak's brain is very big, NAT's brain is very big, Admin's brain is very big.


    *winks Morse code at keyboard*

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  • GreenMirror
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    Radar is not deigned to detect flying things in the sky.

    That is me told.
    Its a question of size. The smallest thing I can think of is WTFH's brain Do you think radar could detect that?

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  • minestrone
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    Originally posted by Acme Thunderer View Post
    A primary surveillance radar is highly unlikely to detect a drone. It just isn't designed to do that. It would only sweep past the drone every 4 seconds or so plus the size of the return would be minuscule

    The secondary surveillance radar, which ATC do their work from, certainly wouldn't see it as the drone won't have a transponder
    Radar is not deigned to detect flying things in the sky.

    That is me told.

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  • Acme Thunderer
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    Originally posted by minestrone View Post
    A 12 year old after a Christmas lecture could tell you how to evade these "drone systems".

    And I refuse to believe that the radar in an airport could not detect a drone. Maybe the operator software would not have displayed it but...
    A primary surveillance radar is highly unlikely to detect a drone. It just isn't designed to do that. It would only sweep past the drone every 4 seconds or so plus the size of the return would be minuscule

    The secondary surveillance radar, which ATC do their work from, certainly wouldn't see it as the drone won't have a transponder

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  • minestrone
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    A 12 year old after a Christmas lecture could tell you how to evade these "drone systems".

    And I refuse to believe that the radar in an airport could not detect a drone. Maybe the operator software would not have displayed it but...

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