Engineering360: "Video: DroneGun jams UAVs to prevent attacks"

Interesting tech. And only to be expected, not only for the reasons cited in the article (public safety and military op disruption) but also for the use of private citizens wishing to "Stay Private" (at least in their activities). And, as all will no doubt note, the obvious spinoffs then are:

1) Privately bought but publicly built models for use by the aforesaid private folks

2) Plans (and KITS!) to build your own (with obvious applications of improvements thought of and worked out by the private sector)

3) Leading to, vapors in Congress and among the unelected bureaucrats resulting in bans on such horribly lethal weapons in private hands

I love the tech, but I see all kinds of legal miscondu... shenanig... um, hang it, trouble, on the horizon.

Anti-drone systems have become a need with the proliferation of drones and their multiple, and sometimes nefarious applications. Govt regulations to prevent drones from causing harm to private and public assets need to be formed and effectively implemented. At present, I think, the governments are a bit lagging in this aspect, whereas drone designers and manufacturers are galloping.

It is however, very heartening that technologists are doing their best to evolve technologies that will deter drones from being naughty and/ or destructive.

THIS

Govt regulations to prevent drones from causing harm to private and public assets need to be formed and effectively implemented.

In the USA is why I mentioned unelected bureaucrats in my post. They basically panicked and created a stupid regulation so far-reaching as to be unenforceable, which makes them look as stupid as many no doubt are, and invites miscreants to transgress in the certain knowledge that so many otherwise innocent flyers with no prospect of carrying or delivering enough of anything, nor enough mass/range/ceiling to even remotely interfere with flight safety or do something else deliberately nefarious will, solely by their ownership of drones, overload any hope of catching the real bad actors. And as usual it requires taxes/fees just to be allowed to fly, and MORE fees should the flyer even THINK of letting someone make even one penny from a photo or video, (even if Facebook uses MY photo from MY page, I'M guilty if I didn't pay to be allowed to make money on MY photo. Which, note, I didn't sell or authorize for sale. Read the regs. I personally spoke to one of their authors.), thus demonstrating that the real intent of the regulatory saturation was to get more money into the coffers.

Safety be HANGED!!!