Just shoot them down?
Its an unauthorized vehicle over key infrastructure. Wouldn't even result in a loss of lives. So shoot it down & wait for the owner to start bitching (or not).
Its an unauthorized vehicle over key infrastructure. Wouldn't even result in a loss of lives. So shoot it down & wait for the owner to start bitching (or not).
As far as I know, in most EU countries, even the security and police forces can't just destroy other people's stuff without a very good reason (and no, an unarmed piece of electronics it not a good enough threat to use firearm in most EU law systems). Firing a firearm is a serious disciplinary matter for a policeman and he has to prove that other people were in IMMEDIATE and SERIOUS danger before they can even pull a gun out of it's holster. About a year ago, the constitutional court in my country (Slovenia) just released a ruling clearly stating that protection of human life (criminal or otherwise) is the primary objective for the police, so they are NOT ALLOWED to even shoot at criminals unless they're defending their own and life of others. Shooting at flying toys is clearly out of the question under such directive and I'm very happy that is so.
Of course I'm serious. Did you miss the part where its buzzing around the nuclear power plant? At the very least that is a designated no fly zone.
Look up "European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection" - its a bit more relevant than your police holster thing.
What's the next step? Issuing shotguns to school security so they'll shoot at children's RC cars that MIGHT carry terrorist explosives?
The plans are public anyway, since the plant was paid by public money.
Are you sure? Wikipedia has a long list of incidents:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_European_Union
>since the plant was paid by public money.
"The plant"? You do realize this happened at 15 plants already? i.e. Someone is systematically doing fly-overs.
Bonus fact: I've been dragged to a police station before for photographing a national key asset - wasn't EU though. All a misunderstand of course... :D
Why does it have to be a firearm? Bean bags from an air cannon would be more than sufficient.
You could make sure your security forces understand exactly where they can shoot, but still, is it worth the risk to have bullets falling somewhere in a nuclear facility?
Or drones that hunt other drones...
The bullets aren't the issue. Nuclear facilities are usually not built from cardboard & prefab. The size of the drone is more the question - these seem to be smallish ones so it should be reasonably safe to have it drop near the plant.
Same as we're not using SAM sites to shoot down Cessnas that accidentaly blunder into no-fly zones over airports, powerplants and other bases just because they MIGHT (and in 99.9999999999999999999999+% cases they're not) cause some damage.
I'm very very concerned just how the terrorist scare is trying to turn our countries into police states ruled by fear.