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Senate bill introduced to protect Americans from attack drones
Sen. Mike Lee
By U.S. Sen. Mike Lee
R-Utah
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has introduced the Enhanced Protection from Unmanned Aircraft Attacks Act, legislation designed to better protect Americans from malicious drone usage.
Drones already benefit this nation in so many ways, and I know Americans will keep coming up with new ways for them to help us.
Unfortunately, there are also those who use this technology for malicious purposes, and law enforcement needs the manpower to counter this threat.
Currently, Congress has granted exclusive and limited authority to detect and take down drones to only the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice and Department of Energy.
According to a Blue Ribbon Task Force Report commissioned by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA), one challenge in meeting current drone threats is the federal government’s lack of human resources or capital to invest in and operate counter-drone technology at airports.
When you consider this issue beyond the airport environment, the challenge becomes even greater.
The Enhanced Protection from Unmanned Aircraft Attacks Act would extend the existing counter-drone authority of the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice and Department of Energy to allow them to contract with private companies for this work.
It would require an update of the Federal Acquisition Regulations within 180 days to reflect the updated counter-drone contract authority.
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There is no way to currently block a swarm attack by small drones when their little AI's have been preprogrammed with a simple targeting instruction. They are released and do not then respond to outside commands so they cannot be jammed. They can be commanded to carry a couple of ounces (or more) of plastic explosive and fly into jetliner engines on takeoff. Or they can be armed with incendiary explosives and sent to attack airport (or Air Force) fueling facilities. They can even be told to attack people in a certain uniform, such as cops. Or attack certain cars, such as the presidential limousine. Or they can be programmed to fly to the starting line of the Boston Marathon or over the crowd at an open air Superbowl, then drop and detonate. Or the Inauguration Parade or the Tournament of Roses Parade, Small, swarming drones are the next big thing in terror weapons. I am not telling secrets. This sort of thing has already been discussed on the Internet and on television.
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Barstid
11/21/2020 8:14:00 PM
We were talking about these here years ago.
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Jim Thompson
11/20/2020 7:24:00 PM
So let's expand it to the 17 agencies we have in the intelligence community. What possibly could go wrong?
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David Mayer
11/19/2020 11:41:00 AM
I'm Thomas Banks, the author of INDEFENSIBLE, a geopolitical thriller about explosive, poison and biologic carrying personal-drones in the hands of embedded terrorists. Follow me on Parler at @indefensiblenovel INDEFENSIBLE Book: https://amazon.com/dp/B014Q1O086
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Thomas
11/18/2020 9:38:00 AM
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