Schumer requests "special drone-detection tech" for N.Y. and N.J.

[Jose Garcia]

Source: Axios

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that he's "working to pass a bill" to give local law enforcement "more tools for drone detection" following a spate of mysterious sightings in Northeastern U.S. states.

The big picture: Schumer in online statements urged Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to send "special drone-detection tech" to New York and New Jersey to tackle the unidentified flying objects problem that saw N.Y. Stewart International Airport shut down Friday.

The Senate majority leader told reporters Sunday he's requesting Robin Radar Systems because they have "360-degree technology."
He added: "If the technology exists for a drone to make it up into the sky, there certainly is technology that can track the craft with precision and determine what the heck is going on, and that's what the Robin does."

State of play: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) in an online statement Sunday said "our federal partners" were "deploying a state-of-the-art drone detection system" to N.Y., which she said would support state and federal law enforcement in their investigations into the matter, but she said further assistance was needed.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/12/15/drone-detection-new-york-new-jersey-chuck-schumer

[angrychair]

1. This is insane

I feel like we are being gas lighted about this stupid shit.
It makes no sense that such high level government officials are talking about this.
I'm not conspiracy theorist but something is absolutely going on when we already know that the vast majority of these reports are false or just regular drones that are perfectly legal.

[intrepidity]

2. Question: what's the law on flying drones after dark?

My understanding is that it is not legal. Is that correct?

[angrychair]

3. Legal here in Washington

Most rules are about where and how more so then when.
There are lots of places you can't fly a drone or rules on altitude or places you need a permit but as long as you have anti-collision lights you can fly at night.

[Noel Kums]

4. We are. This is what you get when the majority of the leadership of both parties are 80+

Coming to a theater near you: Fear of a Drone Planet

[ForgoTheConsequence]

5. 2007 Boston Mooninite panic

On the morning of January 31, 2007, the Boston Police Department and the Boston Fire Department mistakenly identified battery-powered LED placards depicting the Mooninites, characters from the Adult Swim animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, as improvised explosive devices (IEDs), leading to a massive panic. Placed throughout Boston, Massachusetts, and the surrounding cities of Cambridge and Somerville by Peter "Zebbler" Berdovsky and Sean Stevens, these devices were part of a nationwide guerrilla marketing advertising campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic