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RC multicopters quickly burst into modern market and have become goods accessible to many layers population. That’s just the authorities in most countries were not ready for the opportunity for citizens to have these devices. As soon as it became clear that soon the vast majority will be able to afford such a toy, officials began to take control of the drones situation.
For example, a law was recently adopted in Russia, according to which multicopter weighing over two hundred and fifty grams subject to registration with the Federal Air Transport Agency and the Federal Service security. After registration, identification marks are applied to the drone signs. After that, the route of each drone flight should to be communicated to employees of the Federal Air Transport Agency in advance. Similar laws accepted today in all civilized countries.
What drones do not please the authorities?
First, drones are considered potentially dangerous. There are many precedents when drones injured someone with their rotors or light up, causing fires. Secondly, many multicopter equipped with video cameras, which allows them owners to spy and spy on others. And thirdly, airspace over many objects (for example, military) is closed, and even the launch of a paper airplane gets there under the category of crimes.
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But how then to stop intruder drones? Not shoot them in flight! Dutch cops too thought about this issue and found a very interesting result the solution is to use trained eagles.
Birds working with interceptors effectively catch illegally launched drones and deliver them to the ground. Dutch law enforcement officials published an impressive video in which a predator grabs a drone as shallow prey, and drags away with him.
According to the police, the rotors of the aircraft do not threaten the eagles. Tied to the feet of a feathered interceptor special ribbons that a smart bird lowers into propellers, instantly incapacitating the drone.
Currently, the Dutch police eagles have already committed thirty-five test and seven real multicopter capture. If the technique will be effective, it will begin to be used throughout territory of the kingdom.
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