France’s military is training eagles to attack drones

Re:France’s military is training eagles to attack drones by KineticLensman on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @04:16AM (#13704244)

Another cheap defence for the drone is simply to change direction or altitude radically when an appropriate sensor detects an incoming eagle. The eagle is in a dive and has limited maneuverability.

Or, if the eagle does grab you, simply explode (as already stated elsewhere) and take out the defence, while one of your swarm buddies completes the mission.

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Re:France’s military is training eagles to attack drones by i_feel_great on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @04:26AM (#13704280)

Even better, use cheap drones to kill the birds with explosives say, leaving your mission-critical drone to do its job.

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Re:France’s military is training eagles to attack drones by TeMPOraL on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @06:38AM (#13704768)

With decent propellers, you won't even need explosives if the bird tries to catch it - so simply use decoy drones, carrying random junk of mass equal to that of the bomb, just like decoys on MIRV payloads.

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