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I've started writing a paper on this: Program a dome-shaped array of choreographed drones to cover the foe drone(s). The most efficient use of a surface area is to contain a volume using a sphere-shaped object, or half a sphere often referred to as a dome. A dome-shaped array of drones each containing perhaps a pentagon shaped netting might offer an interesting solution. Today's drones don't look above, and a foe operator would be confused if a dome descended from above. One thing a friendly drone can do is to force a foe drone into an area where the choreographed drones are staged. The goal would be to take down the foe drone in the least amount of broken up pieces. In essence, I've realized you need a jet to conquer a jet and a drone(s) to conquer a drone. You are dealing with similar operating parameters. A helicopter doesn't want to face a drone because it can be deadly. A friendly helicopter blade can be struck by a foe drone; not good. The object is to fine tune a drone that can be better than other drones. Someone is going to make a killing in the "smart" drone industry which is outfitted with the most "toys" to destroy another drone. I believe drone-on-drone warfare is the safest combat method inside neighborhoods.

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I think it is a government Beta Test to see how far they can go before the public puts its foot down and says enough.

I’m sure they did a table top exercise a year ago and when Trump won they pulled it out and executed it.

Some whistleblower will come out with the truth. I wonder what Elon thinks about it?!

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Chinese illegal immigrants numbered about 3,800. I'm trying to think of the logic for anyone to do this. The FAA allowing drones to fly at night was a stupid move by the Feds. One thing to consider is the drone aircraft are high tech toys (not certified aircraft built for reliability) and operated by amateurs (not educated pilots). Nighttime operation of drones is open season for mischief. Couldn't anyone figure this out? I owned a drone where an engine mounting screw was not screwed in and eventually jammed the engine (one of four). Elon's head is in Mars, not here on earth <g>.

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Yer right. Elon is so fixated on Mars for whatever fucked up reason. However, I do think he had a ploy with sending the dummy robot in the Tesla into outer space (and then circling the Sun). God only knows what kind of sensors were crammed into there. I personally think he was trying to get a read on the Van Allen Belts.

Which brings us to another topic: Why are the Hubble and James Webb supertelescopes able to see billions of light years into space, but we can't get a definitive picture of our presence on the Moon? (flag, lunar lander, etc.) Really just a rhetorical question at this point.

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Astera, it is the way Musk mind works. He is thinking way out in front of the box, on all projects. Tesla, he envisions an electric world with little fossil fuel usage, AI, he envisions an electric subservient AI with no threat to humanity, Gaia, he believes that Gaia is being tapped out and we had better find somewhere else to expand to, the government? Hohoho, just wait until they find out what he has in store for reducing the government. Lastly, look at Twitter, his goal was to create a platform where all folks could expound their views evenly without censorship. The first thing he did to remove the Leftist slant was to fire 80% of the staff. Today, X is becoming a bigger communication tool than ever.

There is a bio of Musk out which carries through 2022. Good read, and my understanding and respect for him increased significantly.

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Musk will be like a child in a sandbox in Washington, DC. He can barely wait and get inside the bureaucratic mess and try straightening it out. He will discover it's too far gone for repair and will want to start over ... I'm for that approach. Trying to fix DC leaves too many undetected crooks behind only to start over and mess things up again.

Musk plans to use methane gas to fuel his rocket to Mars because he can take Mar's 95% carbon dioxide atmosphere and with a catalyst convert it into rocket fuel methane to return back to Earth. Here on Earth Musk can take all the methane from the degassed DC bureaucrats for his rocket trip to Mars.

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And save the planet. lol!!

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Like JHK, he is thinking 50 years in the future and using his wealth to pursue what he believes is important for humanity.

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He wants to get rid of Grimes and other ex-wives, permanently. One is reminded of Jefferson who wanted Blacks sent out of America, across the seas, beyond all "danger of mixture".

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Very true. Or why not just a good crisp still shot of one of these drones?

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See the Japanese moon orbiters photos of our landing sites. Plains as day evidence of our visits.

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Perhaps the Earth's Moon is simply too boring of a visual to further explore. And we earthlings discovered the Moon rang like a bell making the Mood sound hollow ... probably no valuable minerals inside, only hollow space. And we earthlings look at it up there all the time and it appears to have zero attraction to our eyes. Who really wants to go to the Moon and for what reason? Maybe to wave back at the earthlings. The Sun is much more interesting to travel to even though earthlings will turn into cooked hamburgers. But cooking like a hamburger maybe a nice way to go!

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Who can forget this from Star Trek 1: For the Earth is hollow, and I have touched the sky?

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A simple drone mounted net gun would be the simplest way to bring a drone down in one piece. They already exist. Most of these sightings are nothing more than a combination of airplanes,fevered imaginations, and mass psychosis.

No. 8 on the list

https://www.robinradar.com/resources/10-counter-drone-technologies-to-detect-and-stop-drones-today

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I question accuracy and the number of shots to take a drone down. Where do the net shots go when they don't hit the intended target? Looks fine for close captures but not so much for distant captures.

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JFC Bill, don't give "them" any ideas.

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Are these war games?

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There you go, Russia, China and the US have all agreed on only using drones in war. Whatever you can do with a drone is fair game. Afterall, it doesn't take a genius to simply press a button and destroy the world. But a "War of the Drones" makes warfare more of a friendly sport, perhaps with fewer dead people. I'd say China has a good heads up on using drones since they build most of them.

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