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Pretty sure all major powers either have or will soon have the capability but don't feel the need to blab around about it.

The issue I have is when this gets actually exported to countries that may want to use against civilians (to squash opposition) though it was know for a long time this must happen.

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The issue I have is non-state bad actors acquiring or building them on their own to create flying IEDs. It would be pretty easy to fly a drone into a crowded stadium or protest and kill hundreds if not thousands of people with a weaponized drone. Getting the explosives is the hard part and many groups have already shown they can do that.

You are right. This is way more scary.

Why aren't they doing this now? Why haven't all flights been grounded worldwide because they keep getting brought down by flying IEDs?

Because that is an escalation that nobody wants, for now. Even piracy was tolerated for a while until it became economically too disturbing. I don't think it all disappeared but it is not that bothersome.

If anybody started threatening commercial civilian flight, countries would fall on them like bricks. Quarantine for a few months was devastating on many fronts. Now, think if all flights were grounded for months...

I agree, which is why I don't think this hypothetical future threat is really any different.

yep, it all fits in with M.A.D.

The only thing I can think of is that the places where it's relatively easier to get explosives (war zones like Iraq, Afganistan, or Syria) doesn't overlap much with places where it's easy to get powerful drones (developed countries).

> The issue I have is when this gets actually exported to countries that may want to use against civilians (to squash opposition) though it was know for a long time this must happen.

Turkey wouldn't need to export it to anyone for it to be used against civilians, that's a pretty common thing for Turkey.

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