That is awesome and I want one (and this is also a testing comment)

This is also a testing comment. But I totally want to kill drones with a raspberry pi.

You need an original model A on a quadcopter, and *really* beef up the SD card eject spring….

Heh… This idea has the potential to sell a *lot* of Pis as people get more and more annoyed with misused drone.

Now I have an excuse to buy quad-copter. YAY!

I have been wondering since the first time I came across an article that exploited the Wifi of a drone if I could make a Pi powered quad-copter that was capable of autonomous flight to seek out other quod-copters and take them down… It should be possible drone flight rules and all.

I hope Raspberry Pi will be never used for military purpose, wars or any kind of operation against humans, animals and nature.

Philip K. Dick’s The Zap Gun comes to mind

Don’t try this in the UK you will run foul of the law preventing disruption of licensed equipment.

http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radiocommunication-licences/mobile-wireless-broadband/cellular-wireless-broadband/policy-and-background/jammers/

I would like to see this fitted on commercial aircraft to keep them from harm during takeoffs and landings.

Hm, and my idea of a phased array of rubber-band cannons starting to lose luster…

How to get a drone:

1. Save up *lots of money* and buy one, or

2. Take your Raspberry Pi, Wi-Fi dongle and hacking software to the park, and…

Now if only I could make one that zapped the phones of those people shouting in to them next to me on the train!

It should be pointed out that these are experiments and technology demonstrations, not the precursor to operations agains civilians. The U.S. military is generally prohibited from being involved in operations within the U.S. beyond exercises that only involve military personnel (e.g., against simulated aggressor forces such as Red Flag at Nellis AFB in Nevada). They are specifically prohibited from operating against civilians in general within the U.S., except under very specific conditions, e.g., shooting down a commercial airliner that’s about to be flown by terrorists into structures where even greater loss of life and property could occur, or repelling/capturing people deemed to be a threat to national security attempting to illegally cross our borders in either direction.

Now, have there been cases where the authority to designate someone a threat to national security has been abused, at times severely so? You betcha, as they say in the Northern Plains, and military violators are subject to prosecution for federal crimes in the form of courts martial. Is a drug kingpin a threat to national security? I would say so, especially since they all use, never mind encourage, massive use of deadly force in their day-to-day operations, often to create an atmosphere of terror. Is a “coyote” escorting terrorists across the border into the U.S. a threat to national security? Uh-huh! Is someone operating a drone recording real estate footage over your back yard in that class of evil-doer? Ummmm, _NO_. Even if the military were allowed to zap drones from the domestic skies, there is a long-standing military tradition of proportional response, deescalation, and following rules of engagement (which can differ widely under various contextual circumstances).

They generally don’t shoot unless they’re shot at first, in certain situations can shoot if a weapon capable of deadly force that is likely armed is aimed at them within lethal range, and can even fire first if they’re being painted by a fire-control radar or laser designator that is clearly intentional and sustained. It can depend on the likelihood and scale of civilian casualties in the vicinity of the aggressor, as well as the level of hostilities leading up to a confrontation. A North Korean aircraft painting a U.S. aircraft with a fire-control radar in a way consistent with targeting while flying at high closing speed and about to cross the Demilitarized Zone would likely be sufficient to use reasonable force to eliminate, but spillover into other military operating areas is to be avoided if at all possible to keep an isolated incident from escalating into full-blown combat at an international level.

There are court cases in progress now challenging the legality for domestic law enforcement to use military surveillance drones to collect evidence on civilians, and the courts seem to be leaning against that if the military is operating the equipment. They certainly won’t be allowed to fire weapons from drones at civilians unless an imminent threat to national security can be firmly established, which is highly unlikely in all but the most blatant criminal gang activity, and even then …

I’d prefer to throw my actual Pi at the person controlling the annoying drone. After I put the Pi in a big, heavy case.

So does it actually KILL the drone, or can you revive a drone that’s knocked out of the air with this ?

( Just pointing something out after I noticed the article, I’ll leave the implications of it being easy-peasy to steal military drones for everyone else to discuss )

2.4 gig? why not just rig a 900w microwave ovens magnatron instead of the lnb of a sat dish? Yagi is so 1950s. hmmm, not limited to drones either. Seagulls, a passing U2, the moon is made of cheese isn’t it? add some foil and a tin hat to the shopping list.