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Angry Planet

How to Down a Drone

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3882 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Drones are everywhere. Military drones buzz war zones dropping missiles; surveillance drones hover above neighborhoods, looking for anything out of place; even now, commercial drones hide in holiday wrapping, waiting for excited enthusiasts to fly them in a park.


As the market for drones has grown, so too has the market for tools to take them down. There’s jamming rifles, spoofing software, and hundreds of other solutions for downing a drone. But what to buy the budding enthusiast?


A new report from the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College could be of some help. The report is a list of 537 counter-drone systems. What works, what doesn’t, and what is just hype.


Arthur Holland Michel is the author of the report, co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone, and also the author of the book Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It WIll Watch Us All.


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Here are your hosts.

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Hello, welcome to War College. I am your host Matthew Galt.

1:07.0

Drones are everywhere. They are dropping hellfire missiles in the mineral east,

1:11.0

conducting surveillance operations all over the world and even

1:14.8

flying around suburban neighborhoods in this post holiday season.

1:20.2

As the market for drones has grown, so too has the market for tools to take them down.

1:24.6

There's jamming rifle, spoofing software, and hundreds of other solutions. But what is best for the budding

1:31.0

anti-dron enthusiast? There's a new report from the Center for the

1:34.6

study of the drone at Bard College and it could be of some help. It lists 537 counter-dron

1:39.6

systems, what works, what doesn't, and what is just hype.

1:44.0

Arthur Holland Michelle is the author of that report,

1:47.0

is also the co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone,

1:50.0

and the author of the book Eyes in the Sky,

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The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stair, and how it will watch us all.

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Sir, thank you so much for joining us.

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Thanks much for having me.

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