| Shooting Down an Enemy UAV so it cannot give | | | | giant net. Remember the reason we do not litter six |
| away military movement intelligence.We know that | | | | pack plastic holders? Because they get caught up in |
| with any new innovation in warfare or any new theme | | | | the beaks of wildlife migrating birds and sea life. And |
| that comes along or borrowed technology from | | | | remember how you catch a butterfly? With a net. So |
| another industry to help in the ongoing struggle and | | | | then you have a plastic high tensile strength foldable |
| conflict of man is short lived.For instance the V-1 | | | | net 1000 foot high, 2000 foot wide. When you see the |
| Rocket, Nuclear Bomb, Aircraft, balloon, musket, tank, | | | | UAV swarm or possible threat to your position by |
| steel ship, sword, missile or even the helmet once the | | | | way of intelligence gathering by an enemy UAV. Then |
| initial advantage was discovered then the enemy or | | | | you send up the net attached to two hovering UAVs, |
| future potential enemy had the same weapons and | | | | which fly at an 85-degree angle in the direction of the |
| therefore more innovation had to occur to regain the | | | | threat. The net is anchored at the humvee SUVs on |
| advantage. Although this crazy cycle never ends, it | | | | the ground and once the UAV vertical units are tugged |
| has brought us many good things too; Nuclear Power, | | | | too far they fly forward 300 feet and allow the net to |
| microwave Ovens, Modern Communication, Airline | | | | disconnect making it fall to the ground in an arch shape |
| Transport, Safer Automobiles, Lighter Materials, on and | | | | with the foreign matter enemy UAVs caught in the net. |
| on. And that is a cycle through transfers of technology, | | | | Then you learn the frequencies used to transmit and |
| which will also continue, and therefore mankind and our | | | | down the rest by way of radio disruption without |
| future has many brighter days ahead in every sector | | | | hurting your own communications systems. Even if the |
| of our endeavors.These cycles are so well known of | | | | enemy has some type of radar to see the net, the net |
| new advances causing new advances in warfare that | | | | is plastic by Dupont. If the enemy tries to develop a |
| Von Clauswitz noted in his books On War. We see in | | | | radar to detect this then it will add weight and thus |
| this latest Iraqi conflict, Afghanistan outing and in the | | | | enemy UAV will have a shortened range.Shooting |
| war on terrorism that the Predator and other | | | | down a UAV is not a good use of weaponry unless |
| expensive UAVs helped quite a bit. Now then, the cost | | | | you could do it using a small style shoulder launched |
| to build these is not good for our enemy so do not | | | | red eye round. But still a modern stinger type missile is |
| expect them to attain the two squadrons of Predators | | | | more costly than what you are shooting down and a |
| that the US Air Force has ordered which would total | | | | shoulder launched missile that is heat seeking cannot |
| 40 aircraft. Our enemy will however try to copy our | | | | work as the heat displacement of a RC model |
| smaller UAV designs that are based on the fun flying | | | | airplane which is all this is, is very little and thus the |
| radio-controlled aircraft of sportsmen on 7 continents. | | | | target hard to hit. Now realize the amount of money |
| Now then how do you down a UAV, well if it is truly | | | | going into these UAV tests and models is significant |
| controlled by Radio Waves, you can disrupt them | | | | compared to the local hobby shop, so someone ought |
| yes? Yes, but what if it is controlled by other means or | | | | to get their sharp pencil out and figure out a way to |
| can fly for a distance using inherent airfoil stability | | | | 10,000 to 20,000 of these things for massive swarms |
| through dihedral of the wings or proper use of vertical | | | | for the price of one or two 15 million dollar aircraft. |
| and horizontal stabilizers or a canard? Then the glider | | | | Because clearly this is all they are worth.And |
| once out of the frequency disruption can resume. | | | | remember part of Moore's Law was reduced size and |
| Even more fearful is that while in-flight it can continue | | | | capacity, but also cost to make. Downing enemy |
| it's mission if the camera settings are set to work free | | | | UAVs is as important as making them. Because once |
| from control and when the fuel runs out will continue to | | | | you show viability of concept they will be making them |
| flow with the wind down wind to it's originators? Then | | | | and our enemies will also have them. A net is how you |
| the theory of in-flight signal disruption is a wash.So then | | | | catch an insect, and soon the MAVs for surveillance |
| another thought. This mounted on two Humvees. A | | | | will literally be a fly on the wall. |