alt Hacker NewsWhy are these drones so easy to shoot down, but the ones invading airspaces over nuclear bases and other sensitive installations hundreds of times for months all over Europe and the east coast of the US were never shot down or tracked even once?
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wat10000 • today at 3:11 PM
Because those weren’t drones, they were people noticing for the first time that there are airplanes in the sky.
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ozarkerD • today at 12:50 PM
Because they were being flown by their respective governments.
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rolisz • today at 12:52 PM
There are many more that are missed in Romania :)
gus_massa • today at 1:38 PM
I guess because the have an explosive payload and it's better to take them down before they reach a populated area.
The other drones are probably not going to cause an explosion (unles they colide with a plane) and are already in a populated area, so it's risky to destroy them.
Because Shahed 131/136 are large, way larger than surveillance drone/quadcopter. We are talking 2-3m wingspans and 130-200kg launch mass.