Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Airport

Re:Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Air... by etherael on Sunday April 17, 2016 @10:00PM (#11517282)

I've seen that, but wouldn't a laser actually be more reliable / faster?

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Re:Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Air... by Avshalom on Sunday April 17, 2016 @10:26PM (#11517383)

Well like arjie said, you don't really want flying debris near people/runways

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Re:Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Air... by etherael on Monday April 18, 2016 @02:28AM (#11518041)

And maybe the energy necessary to actually vaporise entirely would not be the kind of thing one would be wanting to punch up into the atmosphere willy nilly.

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Re:Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Air... by Piskvorrr on Monday April 18, 2016 @07:13AM (#11518981)

Not to mention that you actually need an actual cannon, not a pointer. http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/feature/5/159... Yup, that's definitely something you want to mess with around an airport. "Wait, I was supposed to shoot down that other blip?"

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