How to paralyse the country?

And once again 2 people have their faces in the paper without any proof of guilt.

There is actually three threads about the same thing. Gatwick, Drones at Gatwick, an£ this one
Pity they can’t be amalgamated

Our European neighbours must be laughing at us- first Brexit and now this.

Wasn't me MaizieD, I think you mean Granny23?

Why not fly above the drones and spray powerful water jets on them? That'd destroy their electrics and no problem with 'stray' water instead of stray bullets.

Does the airport fire brigade have helicopters with water?

Was the country paralysed?

Did anyone see the chap on the news who has developed a 'sort of forcefield' that can be deployed at airports. The drones just can't get through them
Yes, I did petra, but I couldn't find a link to the report.

I could have posted about that on this thread - or the other one - or the other one

It was this one!
Thu 20-Dec-18 23:26:09

The country is paralyzed?'

You said So, we don't need Brexit to bring the UK to its knees, just a couple of drones being operated at each of our airports.

Presumably you mean that bringing the country to its knees is not paralysing it as some things can still be done when one is on one's knees.

Elegran I doubt if airport helicopters are routinely equipped with water cannons but perhaps the sort of things used to dump large amounts of water on forest fires could have been deployed until such times as more high tech solutions could be used. It seemed so odd that nothing could apparently be done for days.

Petra Jalima Is this relevant to the forcefields? www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/prison-anti-drone-force-field/

and this www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/weaponized-drone-defense-tech/

They need some of these.

Jane10
The fear was/is that the drone could bring a plane down.
Therefore the drone could bring down a helicopter sent up to bring the drone down.

Presumably you mean that bringing the country to its knees is not paralysing

I'd suggest that a simultaneous drone 'incident' at all the UK's airports could cause a great deal of disruption. 'Paralysis' is probably a bit strong but it was a suggestion, (hence the '?') not an assertion.

Trying to remember what the effect was when that volcano erupted in 2011 and all flights were suspended for 4/5 days.

petra the helicopter or indeed any aircraft could approach from another location and be flying above the aircraft. The drones weren't armed. Just hovering.