Ulrike Franke Profile picture
Senior Fellow @ecfr. #Drone politics PhD @UniofOxford, previously @sciencespo. Writes about #Germany #Defence. Diskutiert bei @SicherheitsPod & Le Collimateur

Dec 20, 2018, 10 tweets

In light of #Gatwick #drone incident, a thread on anti-drone measures.

Bringing down rogue #drones is tricky - but increasingly important. Unsurprising that already in 2016, US spent almost 10% of its drone R&D funding on funding of anti-drone measures.

Around the world, militaries are acquiring (developing/testing) anti-drone tech
Germany:

France:

US:

China:

One major problem with regard to anti-#drone measures is how to make them cost-effective:

This, for instance, is not cost-effective

Something like this would be much more preferable:

These difficulties explain why some are looking for more ... innovative approaches

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