Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio closed for hours due to drone activity

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51. "Not really my point, but how does one fly drones onto restricted air space?"

The same way a bunch of wise ass kids might show up at an airport "undetected" and start pointing laser pointers at planes or helicopters taking off/landing and then run away.

There is an altitude limit with normal radar (thus the old adage "flying 'under the radar'" ) and the little buzz-buzzes certainly would be flying under the traditional radar.

I saw something yesterday that was supposedly what is being used to detect vehicles like these -

What to know about the 'special drone-detection tech' requested for N.J. and N.Y.

Dec. 16, 2024, 1:04 PM EST
By Daniel Arkin

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In early October 2023, Robin announced it had joined a group of organizations working on the development of the world’s most advanced weather radar, known as PHARA. The group’s mission is to “develop a fully 3D weather radar that can accurately track the movement and growth process of cloud particles and large-scale weather fronts.”

“Detecting small objects is what we do, and it’s what we do best,” the company says on its website. “Bird, bat, or drone, our 360° radar systems log thousands of observations, scanning every second to track and classify with precision.”

Robin’s systems have been used in at least one notable military context, too. In early August, the Dutch Ministry of Defense announced it had purchased 51 drone radars from the company and planned to donate them to Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s forces attempt to fend off Russia’s aerial assault.

In a news release announcing the purchase, Robin explained that “traditional radar systems are typically stationary, mounted on fixed platforms like buildings or tripods.” But the Robin-produced radar systems have “on-the-move” functionality, allowing them to “perform even when mounted on mobile objects, like vehicles or ships.” “Robin’s 3D drone detection radars … are designed with the explicit purpose of detecting small, fast and elusive drones,” the company said.

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Supposedly the above devices were given to NY & NJ.

It's breathtakingly ridiculous how some are just blowing this off as a "joke", completely oblivious to the fact that you have many many "local bad actors" out there who think it is funny to fly their remote craft up to someone's house to peep in a window with the camera that is onboard.

It's the same type as those assholes who carry out "street takeovers" and "do donuts and burnouts" in the middle of urban intersections and disrupt traffic.