Daily Mail: Drone owners are warned that their aircraft will be SHOT DOWN if they fly within 32 miles of the Super Bowl
* The FAA have said they will use force to take down unmanned aircraft
* They released a statement insisting Levis Stadium is a 'No Drone Zone'
* Is part of the beefed up security at one of the biggest events of the year
* F-15s will be on standby near Santa Clara, California, to intercept anything that sneaks into the no fly zone
Drone owners have been warned to leave their aircraft at home during the Super Bowl.
The FAA has released a statement insisting any unmanned planes flying within 32 miles of Levis Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday will be shot down.
The government agency produced a 20-second video that tells people to bring their lucky jerseys, face paint and team spirit to the game–but leave the gadgets as it is a 'No Drone Zone'.
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Update: The FAA says it will shoot down your drone if you fly within 36 miles of the Super Bowl (FOX News)
WNU Editor: I think they mean it. Meanwhile .... a drone hit the Empire State Building last night .... Drone Hits Empire State Building: NYPD (NBC New York).
Update #2: No, The FAA Isn't Going To Shoot Down Super Bowl Drones (Popular Science).
2 comments:
" The FAA says it will shoot down your drone if you fly within 36 miles of the Super Bowl" if they can.
Should Russia, China, or Iranian operatives choose to fly one of these near the Super Bowl it's doubtful the USAF has the competence to shoot it down. Should ISIS try this the odds of a shoot down rise from virtually zero to 50/50. Should an amateur drone owner or some type of "lone wolf" try this the odds are quite good.
As for Russia, China, or Iran, I don't think they will try this right now. They'd be more likely to do something like this in concert with other operations designed to "go for the kill" of the United States of America. Also, these countries are getting stronger while the US is getting weaker. As such, they probably feel they can wait awhile.
The best the US can probably do to confront this group and their allies is to adopt a military posture that will make their inevitable victory pyric enough they would not launch the attack. Essentially benefit/cost and risk/reward factors don't seem to be there such that they would attempt an attack during the Super Bowl.
As for ISIS, they would try this if they could but unlike an attack by the above entities who would be almost certain to succeed an attack of this type by ISIS is less likely to succeed nor is it likely to inflict as much damage as an attack by the other entities would.
As for lone wolves or amateurs, this would be "hard target" that they would not be able to attack. Such people would be more likely to try for a "soft target." Not everyone in America is interested in the Super Bowl. There will places where large numbers of people gather who have no interest in the Super Bowl. Something like this would be a "soft target." A lone wolf would be much more likely to engage in an attack using a drone or multiple drones in one of these places.
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