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Old 21st Dec 2018, 06:44
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El Bunto
 
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Originally Posted by Wycombe
Isn't jamming being used to stop drones going over prison walls? Not sure if that technology can be used in an airport environment, but if it can it should be.
Jamming only works on drones under remote command, not those with pre-programmed onboard routes. To affect them you'd need to hit them with EMP or jam local GPS reception*, neither of which seems safe in the vicinity of an airport.

* at which point they could revert to the ancient technique of dead-reckoning; fly south for three seconds, then west etc
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