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This situation will definitely get worse fuelled by a massive influx of cheap Chinese drones available from most online retailers. It's just a matter of time before these drones start colliding with commercial aircraft.
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2014-11-29, 15:47
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Honestly I'm more frightened of government use of drones and loss of public privacy than the possibility of crashes and such that might be caused by civilian use. I realize it's two totally different issues... Just saying.
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2014-12-01, 00:44
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If civilian drones can fly that high, I'm now thinking about a new kind of threat: Drone terrorism. What if a person straps live explosives on a drone and intentionally flies it into the path of oncoming commercial aircraft? Imagine the kind of horror that people will have when their planes fly over known terrorist-controlled areas?
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civilian drones have limited payload capabilities. Generally speaking drones have rough flight conditions. The drone being flown would be placed in a very unstable and vulnerable situation to carry explosives.
Of course, further developments to drone tech can absolutely make that scenario you've drawn, possible. Hopefully, there would be laws to hinder those attempts when that time comes.
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