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Re:Mysterious Drones Swarmed Langley AFB for Weeks by instagib on Monday March 18, 2024 @02:30AM (#39740950)
Last I heard, dedicated security wasn’t even military anymore at Langley. It could have changed depending on fpcon levels or how many MP’s we have at home now instead of deployed.

Surveillance is one thing, then cameras pointing up, and then having someone to monitor all of it is another entirely. tracking down the alleged drone before it leaves is yet another. Think cop response times.

There’s zero reason they should release photos identifying the quality of their surveillance. Basic opsec. All they probably did is get proof, track them, get rid rid of them. No public knowledge necessary until it’s over.

I’m enjoying the armchair radar enthusiasts. The more misinformation the better for adversaries.

Re:Mysterious Drones Swarmed Langley AFB for Weeks by withinboredom on Monday March 18, 2024 @03:46AM (#39741306)
The military has equipments and people to trace a radio signal to its source. If they wanted to find the owner, they would have found the owner.
Re:Mysterious Drones Swarmed Langley AFB for Weeks by boffinAudio on Monday March 18, 2024 @05:08AM (#39741739)
The assumption that these things use radio signals is not supported by any evidence.
Re:Mysterious Drones Swarmed Langley AFB for Weeks by actionfromafar on Monday March 18, 2024 @05:13AM (#39741766)
Exactly! It could store and forward (later, after landing, with radio), it could use laser, some kind of very directional radio, it could dead drop a memory card somewhere before diving into a lake, there are so many posssibilities depending on what it is.

It could also have been there just to test what the response would be, without recording or doing anything else but hanging around for a while.

Re:Mysterious Drones Swarmed Langley AFB for Weeks by withinboredom on Monday March 18, 2024 @11:11AM (#39745641)
Nice; that's something I didn't even think of.
Re:Mysterious Drones Swarmed Langley AFB for Weeks by actionfromafar on Monday March 18, 2024 @05:10AM (#39741752)
Maybe it didn't use a radio signal.