Daily Mail: Big Lizzie outflanked by a £300 drone: Astonishing moment pilot is able to fly his tiny aircraft over the Royal Navy's most advanced warship before LANDING on the deck (and then taking off again!)
* Costing £3.1billion and weighing 65,000 tonnes, she's Britain's biggest and most advanced warship ever
* But HMS Queen Elizabeth has been outmanoevred by a £300 drone which landed on the deck unchallenged
* The drone pilot, who wanted to remain anonymous, made the daring flight while the carrier was docked
* The flight may now be discussed in Scotland's Parliament by MSPs who are concerned about security flaws
Costing £3.1billion and weighing 65,000 tonnes, she's Britain's biggest and most advanced warship ever built.
But HMS Queen Elizabeth has been outmanoevred by a £300 drone which landed on the deck completely unchallenged.
The drone pilot, who wanted to remain anonymous, made the daring flight while the aircraft carrier was docked at Invergordon, Scotland in July.
He flew over the carrier before touching down on the four-acre deck and then taking off again unchecked.
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WNU Editor: This security breach is probably not going to happen again.
More News On An Amateur Drone Operator Being Able To Land His Drone On Britain's Newest Aircraft Carrier
Tiny drone lands on Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier -- BBC
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Amateur Drone Lands on the U.K.'s New Aircraft Carrier, No One Even Notices -- Popular Mechanics
An amateur drone pilot managed to land on the new Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier completely unnoticed -- Business Insider
Largest UK Navy carrier security under review after amateur lands drone on deck undetected -- RT
A drone landed on Britain's biggest warship and nobody cared -- Endgadget
Ministry of Defence ups security after drone lands on £3bn Queen Elizabeth warship -- International Business Times
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