Pirate Drones

Pretty sure there have already been cases of this reported.

a little over kill with the weapon of choice...

https://wonderfulengineering.com/someone-shot-down-a-200-drone-with-a-3m-patriot-missile/

In Texas they are considered a nuisance species and like all varmints can be hunted 24-7-365.

Good thoughts!! I was thinking once the drone was grounded, a real drone pilot/pirate would grab the package and their drones and skedaddle. I would like to believe that the delivery drone owner would have a tracking device, and though I know there are some dumb criminal types out there, I want to believe that anyone would not want to be tracked given their nefarious profession.

And don't forget to smile for the live video...

The drones are likely to be much more expensive than the package being delivered for one thing...they are also equipped with tracking devices and cameras, fly fast and direct routes...The expensive nature of the equipment would elevate the crime to felony status, this alone with the odds of getting caught not in your favor, would likely be deterrent enough...

Porch pirates are opportunistic thieves that act on impulse...the punishment if caught is usually for the most part not too serious....planning and investment to commit a crime shows a commitment to criminal activity that the judge recognizes and takes more seriously...this leads to long jail sentences...not worth the price

True as that may be .

It won't be a big part in the Hollywood version.

Oooohh .

Another side of the road production.

Quality

I don't know about drone pirates, but here in Texas porch pirates tend to be professional thieves who regularly scout their hunting grounds and prey on unsuspecting targets. Nothing impulsive about that.

What about hacking the drones and rerouting them to make obedient delivery at anonymous but evil truckloading of stolen goods? What then, catch and release for drones? Your fleet of drones is being held hostage pending your payment of $$$$? Or off to the drone chop shop to be anonymized?

Of course that is not the same movie as 'raptor drone swipes package' (which we all want to see) ...

It almost stands to reason, in a world of drones, the next step will be fighter bots for heists, then bigger ones for law enforcement, and so on to the point of absurdity. All filming footage of each other, of course. Ah but when it comes to "bad machines", the themes are tried and true.

Forget it.

What you propose could ONLY happen in the movies.

Are you sure?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/12/eagles-v-drones-dutch-police-take-on-rogue-aircraft-flying-squad

2.0...

I won't have to worry about unauthorized drone flyovers.

I'll just invoke rule, " cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos ".

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuh!

Are you asking for a friend?

Instead of waiting near a particular house or a small group of houses for a delivery, wouldn't a pirate drone want to lurk near the distribution warehouse where the flying package density is much higher? Then when intercepting a drone, a signal scrambling device would be used so that the target would not be able to send/receive any signals...GPS, communications to base, etc....It would be blind. That's when the pirate drone overtakes the target with a very strong "dogcatcher's net" hanging below it (strong so that target's blades don't cut through net). Dogcatcher's net can also act as a grounded Faraday cage to assist with no signals in or out. Then pirate drone needs to get away cleanly...probably easily done by flying in between buildings for a while before flying into a Faraday cage protected box van at some random location...Would need a fairly large/powerful and agile pirate drone, however...Design project!

You're just tacking on charges...unauthorized use of scrambling device, conspiracy, grand theft, possibly even racketeering....Who's going to risk 20 years hard time for stealing a drone, particularly when they obviously already have one....?

No gentlemen, we need a believable plot for the movie...sex and violence with mal intent, action adventure romance twists and turns....Now if you could sneak your own drones into the shipping facility, then there would be little chance of being caught...Drone Clones......or if the drones armed with shotguns could hold up an armored car...

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