> How can anyone know these aren't a threat without knowing whose they are?
Because they are theirs, obviously. They just won't say it.
Because they are theirs, obviously. They just won't say it.
Ignoring FAA by the FBI or the military just doesn't happen, the price to pay is WAY too high.
NSA or spooks could theoretically be behind this, but why do it where it annoys people and attracts attention and not in some desert or foreign place? Something doesn't add up.
And neither of those agencies ever did anything they're not "able" to do... regularly...
What's more, the feds are clearly signalling that these are ours. As others point out, you can't say its not an adversaries asset unless you know whose it is. Which would suggest either they are flying these illegally, they have some kind of exemption to fly in civilian air space, or they are being flown in military air space that is observable from non-military locations.
I am virtually certain those UAVs fly outside of it, otherwise there would not be much public attention to that.
Agree that the signalling strongly suggests government use.
The idiots reporting on it have NO idea how high these drones are. And the military has a bunch of carved airspace in various places. I think last time i looked (4 weeks ago), there was some reserved airspace off Cape Hatteras for the US Marines.
If they were truly a threat, or some random person's drones, they would have been taken care of nearly instantly.
I have personally seen the response of someone flying their drone in that airspace. They do not hesitate to send out goons with guns strapped over their shoulders and megaphones to make it clear that what you're doing is very much not okay.
The US DoD has recognized a lack of capacity and capability in our native drone programs when examined in context of the Ukraine war. They are spending plenty of money to shore of that lack, and not all of the programs and projects they are funding are through Anduril and have literal fan groups.