Eagles vs Drones in the Netherlands: it's happening (1 Viewer)

[George Jefferson Airplane]

Police in the Netherlands have found the perfect low-tech solution to stop drones flying illegally in their airspace – by training eagles to take them down. As more drones hit the skies, fears increase that they may be a danger to planes, so they are “weaponizing” the birds of prey to sort out the situation.

Eagles have been used for hundreds of years in Asia to hunt down prey, and now Dutch police are doing something similar – using birds of prey to sort out a serious and more modern threat to the skies. The birds have keen eyesight, lethal hunting instincts, and the most powerful talons to sort out a 21st-century problem.

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2762779/eagles-vs-drones-dutch-cops-train-eagles-to-take-down-illegal-tech-video/#bfHIswtljcqoWJM4.99

 

[JZilla]

Bye drones. Al Qaeda should have thought of this.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

The video is awesome.

I'm buying the eagle here.

 

[pollardsvision]

I'm sure this is a dumb question, but when you are training an eagle or sending it off to go destroy drones, why the hell does it come back?

I'm sure there are some juicy rabbits involved, but eagles can find food on their own. Why fly back to a dude that's just going to slap a leash on your feet again? Are these eagles just so domesticated that they can't make in in the wild? Or don't know they can?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Drone with built in shotgun and problem solved.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

The Air Force falcon famously flew the coop during the 2010 Independence Bowl.

Figure he was looking for some Louisiana strange, or maybe just wanted to get out of one of the worst places in the U.S.