US Air Force orders 'anti-drone' shot gun shells

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An order placed in late January by the U.S. Air Force gives us a good idea of how law enforcement drone defense is probably going to work. The Drive reports that a Notice of Contract Action was submitted by the Air Force to evaluate 600 12-gauge SkyNet Mi-5 shotgun shells supplied by AMTEC Less Lethal Systems (ALS).

The Mi-5 shells are anti-drone rounds and contain a five-foot wide capture net. When fired, five tethered segments spin and extend to create the net which travels towards the targeted drone, wraps around it, and raises it to the ground. The only damage caused will be from the impact with the ground, which should offer a chance to inspect and collect evidence from the drone.

The Air Force will use the shells with its Remington Model 870 shotguns after modifying them with a "choke tube" on the muzzle which will allow the shell to spin and extend the net properly. The types of drones these shells can target are classed as Category 1 & 2 by the Pentagon. They weigh up to 55 pounds and typically fly at heights of no more than 3,500 feet.


Also possible use ahead for police and prison guards.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/03/14/us-air-force-orders-anti-drone-net-filled-shotgun-shells.html
 
Ooops. I posted this same story in Firearms News shortly after you posted it here. Thanks for closing it @11B CIB
 
SkyNet, that's funny. I'd like to see how they make them work past a couple of hundred yards.
 
The whole concept is funny, considering it was attempted years ago for escapee capture. I guess they don't learn from history, so let's repeat it at a cost of millions.... Status Quo....
 
Bailey Boat said:
The whole concept is funny, considering it was attempted years ago for escapee capture. I guess they don't learn from history, so let's repeat it at a cost of millions.... Status Quo....
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I'd like to see 7000 shotgun shells clear $1M.
 
I'm no mathematician, but even I don't get the physics of this...
1000' is still 300 yards right?
A 5 foot web-net spinning string-thing, I assume, would likely have a similar co-efficient-of-drag as a semi truck. I just don't see a net traveling 300 yards, let alone in a straight line, straight up, even using a 3 1/2" magnum shell...which an 870 will not chamber.
Seems like a dumb idea...at least for this task.

Do these people actually ever use firearms?
 
Friday said:
Do these people actually ever use firearms?
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Well, it's the Air Farce..... so....

Reminds me of being in Iraq and Kuwait in '06 with the Navy. A girl from Air Force Security Forces, carrying a M4 and M9 trying to get on a flight out to rotate home.

Inspector told her to ensure her weapons were clear and lock the slide and bolt to the rear.

Blank stare....No clue.

But man was she pretty.
 
I think the end goal of this experiment, that's what I'll call it, is to see if they can develop something that will take a drone down in the least destructive manner so they can recover any evidence onboard said drone. If .gov drones start flying at reachable altitudes over my property, I think I'll take the opposite approach and use the most destructive method available.:D
 
Was reading that the Japanese just use other drones to net the Yakuza drug drones that are being flown around now.
 
I think the real answer is hunter/seeker drones. I envision deployment of a satellite drone around a site that hunts other drones. I don't think the logic would be that tough to program.
 
georgel said:
I think the real answer is hunter/seeker drones. I envision deployment of a satellite drone around a site that hunts other drones. I don't think the logic would be that tough to program.
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Something like this would do just fine. And be a hell of a lot of fun, too! All kinds of uses for a flame throwing drone.
 
Can I get some of those for an upcoming pheasant hunt!?
 
I need to get a few of those shells for an upcoming date-night.
 
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