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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What we don't need are police that are. I don't want police firing anti aircraft guns/missle barrages or having drone armies. It's absolutely ridiculous to think that this is worth the thought, much less a single cent to fund.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

I don't want police [...] having drone armies.

But they want.
(and they haven't even asked you)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You know, there's no reason we can't have anti-drone fireworks.

They don't really even need dangerous amounts of explosives, they just need a strong net to get caught in a prop.

Drones are pretty damn slow if you compare it to a rocket.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am thinking like silly string or something a bit more durable pressed into a ball. Launch it and some part of that sticky string is going to catch it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That works too. It just needs to get caught in a single prop for it to go down

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

There’s exactly zero chance of that happening given the abundance of air traffic in the U.S. (Also specifically where these “drone” sightings are for obvious reasons).