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- europe@feddit.org
Ahead of a UN Security Council meeting Monday to discuss the recent violation of Estonia’s airspace by three Russian fighter jets, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Poland would shoot down aircraft that clearly violate its airspace
I do not say this to criticize these plans, but: I wonder how many drone hobbyists are about to get their shit wrecked. I know civilian and military drones are vastly different, but from a military perspective I guess how spooked would you be/be willing to be before just shooting it down if it looks funny and shouldn’t be there?
If a hobbyists is flying thier drone over the border… then they deserve to have it shot down.
Check the specs of Shahed drones ( 3.5 m or 11 ft). They don’t look civilian at all.
Also it’s not only about drones but about boats, submarines and MIG jets.
Were there some boat and submarine incursions into Polish airspace I missed?
I hear they have had trouble staying afloat but this is ridiculous!
It’s easy, you just have to replace all the air with helium, and off you go!
Context : Ruzz hybrid warfare and incursions in Europe. The latest ones being drones and fighter jets . See UN sec link for more UN Sec info and other links for other incursions.
That’s what I’m saying, even though civilian drones don’t look like military drones, would you trust an enemy force to not utilize civilian drones in some way? At which point it becomes how do you tell them apart when a civilian flies a drone somewhere unexpected, and how much do you care about false positives.
If there is any doubt, shoot first then find out who gets mad. I would hazard a guess that a. Drone enthusiasts are smart enough to fly their drones away from the border, and b. Shooting and then paying to replace a drone would be a cheap expenditure for national security.
They have and they do. It’s an issue when it’s not clear. Recently Belarusian used civilian drones somewhere , they got arrested
Just now developing story in Denmark
edit: clarification
This seems like a nuts perspective to me. If a another country was sometimes flying drones through my countries I would not be worried about some hobbyist drones.
I literally prefaced it with saying that I wasn’t criticizing the plan. I just know there are stupid people in the world with money, and they tend to have drones. If idly wondering about something is new to anyone then I apologize for the culture shock.
yeah I missed it and im sure it was just my lazy mind not taking the start of your comment into account. I get it now.
That’s fair though the drones they’re primarily concerned about look more like small planes rather than recreational drones. I’m assuming if any Poles have drones to fly, they’re likely well off enough to head a bit west to avoid them being shot down. And with modern nav/attack chains I’m pretty confident they’ll discern between the two.
“Ninety nine DJIs go byyyy”