Mystery Drones Swarming Navy Destroyer..._

[Kornee]

You might say this article drones on and on....
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/myster...r-AA12Y2ux
It does highlight the need to wait before assuming sensationalist reports of UAPs swarming about US defense assets really means 'alien UFOs' are on the attack.

[Zinjanthropos]

You might say this article drones on and on....
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/myster...r-AA12Y2ux
It does highlight the need to wait before assuming sensationalist reports of UAPs swarming about US defense assets really means 'alien UFOs' are on the attack.

We’ll see if this baby can repel alien drones….but what if it doesn’t ?

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/07/navy-ar...ent-system

Vessels equipped with DRAKE should able to keep drones at bay or at a distance. When it fails will the automatic response be ‘blame the aliens” or “must be alien technology”?

[Kornee]

You might say this article drones on and on....
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/myster...r-AA12Y2ux
It does highlight the need to wait before assuming sensationalist reports of UAPs swarming about US defense assets really means 'alien UFOs' are on the attack.

We’ll see if this baby can repel alien drones….but what if it doesn’t ?

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/07/navy-ar...ent-system

Vessels equipped with DRAKE should able to keep drones at bay or at a distance. When it fails will the automatic response be ‘blame the aliens” or “must be alien technology”?

Interesting article but this passage almost seemed comical:
“If we encounter a [drone] that happens to come up on the forward-end of the ship, up near the foc’sle, and then it just decides to bolt and go to the aft end on the flight deck, I can just pick this backpack up, I can run to the flight deck and I still keep blocking that signal to make sure the drone stays away from us,” Mendenhall told reporters.

Running around with a hefty backpack trying to outmaneuver a nimble drone may be great for a cardio workout but....

The drones will get smarter and more autonomous. Hence the need for even smarter jamming/deflection methods.
This is just another example of a measures-countermeasures-counter-countermeasures arms race in the makings. Unending gravy for defense contractors.

In the now famous flashing triangles buzzing incident(s) from 2019, it's reported the US navy ships deliberately went 'dark' to avoid giving away surveillance/tracking capabilities to presumably the Chinese drone operators.

[Zinjanthropos]

You might say this article drones on and on....
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/myster...r-AA12Y2ux
It does highlight the need to wait before assuming sensationalist reports of UAPs swarming about US defense assets really means 'alien UFOs' are on the attack.

We’ll see if this baby can repel alien drones….but what if it doesn’t ?

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/07/navy-ar...ent-system

Vessels equipped with DRAKE should able to keep drones at bay or at a distance. When it fails will the automatic response be ‘blame the aliens” or “must be alien technology”?

Interesting article but this passage almost seemed comical:
“If we encounter a [drone] that happens to come up on the forward-end of the ship, up near the foc’sle, and then it just decides to bolt and go to the aft end on the flight deck, I can just pick this backpack up, I can run to the flight deck and I still keep blocking that signal to make sure the drone stays away from us,” Mendenhall told reporters.

Running around with a hefty backpack trying to outmaneuver a nimble drone may be great for a cardio workout but....

The drones will get smarter and more autonomous. Hence the need for even smarter jamming/deflection methods.
This is just another example of a measures-countermeasures-counter-countermeasures arms race in the makings. Unending gravy for defense contractors.

In the now famous flashing triangles buzzing incident(s) from 2019, it's reported the US navy ships deliberately went 'dark' to avoid giving away surveillance/tracking capabilities to presumably the Chinese drone operators.

No kidding. Isn’t DRAKE supposed to provide a dome of sorts, keeping drones out. Shouldn’t have to chase. Maybe every ship needs its own drones just flying around the vessel constantly. If you’re out in the middle of the ocean and surrounded by unknown drones then it might be an indication your nearby enemy vessel and submarine detection isn’t working.

[Yazata]

More here

https://www.scivillage.com/thread-12792-post-52886.html

[Zinjanthropos]

More here

https://www.scivillage.com/thread-12792-post-52886.html

You know, if sophisticated expensive surface vessel detection isn’t detecting then might be better for public to think these are UAPs from an unknown origin, which in essence isn’t a lie but a convenient truth.