JP – big modern military class drones have so much more capability that any civilian drone, they can’t even be compared. And I’m not even talking about armed platforms.
I suspect drones will be a high value tool in any authoritarian/oppressive .gov situation, if not the most valuable tool, especially if they can be billed as surveillance only for your protection. They can be deployed very easily, need relatively minuscule training to operate and can get by with minimal support in the field. Even modestly equipped drones are a huge asset for real time info for a targeted locale or entity. Combine that with real time access to ANY electronic communications, as long as the infrastructure is up and running, and you have an unparalleled monitoring package that can give instant access to the real time picture to multiple end users.
Taking pot shots at an operations base of any sort is probably not realistic. .Mil has almost 2 decades of recent experience specifically in that regard and have that pretty much locked up. I’m not sure what the answer would be to suppress drone activity effectively, that’s gonna be very situational. The support operations link in that equation will be the most vulnerable, followed closely by the human element. I imagine it will require a fairly concerted effort to have a negative affect on drone operations, as in much more clandestine than sitting outside the wire with an AR.
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