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Old 21st Jan 2019, 08:31
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Originally Posted by southside bobby
Both LGW & LHR have purchased millions of pounds of military-grade anti-drone equipment it is reported.

LGW confirmed two days ago that it has spent £5m on new equipment that is thought to include scanners,jammers & radars.
It'll be interesting to see how they are going to work the 'jammers' into the mix. Most civil drones operate on the 2.4 or 5.8 GHz spectrum. If they start jamming things it will play all sorts of havoc with lots of domestic devices. WiFi and Bluetooth being the most obvious.
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