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| Harassment Of Navy Destroyers By Mysterious Drone Swarms Off California Went On For Weeks |
| 2021-12-20 |
| [TheDrive] Earlier this year The War Zone exclusively reported about a series of 2019 incidents that involved unidentified drones stalking US Navy vessels over several nights in the waters off of Southern California. Our initial report also covered the Navy’s investigation into the incidents, which appeared to struggle to identify either the aircraft or their operators. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday later clarified that the aircraft were never identified, and that there have been similar incidents across the service branches and allied militaries. Newly released documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show that the full scope of these drone incursions was greater than it initially appeared, and they persisted well after the Navy’s investigation was launched. Deck logs indicate that drone sightings continued throughout the month of July 2019 and included events where drone countermeasure teams were called into action. One notable event involved at least three ships observing multiple drones. Uncharacteristically for unclassified deck logs, the details on this event are almost entirely redacted. |
| Posted by:Woodrow |
| #12 Seems to me they could turn their fire control radars on the drones. Fire control radars are used to guide the anti-air missiles to their targets. Since the missiles can go hundreds of miles, the radars are powerful enough to reach that far. At close range (1-2 miles), the radar beam should be able to completely fry any electronics in the drone. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2021-12-20 18:34 |
| #11 Shoot some down, What's the season and bag limit? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-12-20 15:54 |
| #10 Shoot some down, recover them and then see if they can't be identified and traced. |
| Posted by: San Fran Nan with a turban 2021-12-20 15:51 |
| #9 |
| Posted by: Greng Black3494 2021-12-20 14:38 |
| #8 That could be too, Ed. Don't tell the others and use their reactions for evaluation and/or training. In between the Diversity and Self-Humiliation Classes, of course. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-12-20 12:06 |
| #7 So, a destroyer with a special crew of drone spotters onboard, while on exercises off the California coast, sees drones approaching the vessel. Sounds like that was the whole point of the exercise. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2021-12-20 10:40 |
| #6 IAI releases, MultiFlyer, a fleet of non-combat drones |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-12-20 10:19 |
| #5 Want to control a swarm of drones? There’s an app for that |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-12-20 10:15 |
| #4 Well, if there's a problem, obfuscation and 'redaction' is their friend. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-12-20 09:26 |
| #3 Well. If US ELINT couldn't trace it, there's a problem. If US ELINT could trace it and nothing was done about it... there's a problem. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-12-20 08:21 |
| #2 Possibly smugglers (human or otherwise) checking for any 'impediments' to their planned routes. Or 'Catalina Defense Force' holdouts. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-12-20 08:19 |
| #1 Banging the drums of war. Are you gonna fall for it again? |
| Posted by: Clulet Splat5443 2021-12-20 03:42 |