Met to use eagles to take down drones
The British media reported on Monday that the Metropolitan Police is considering using eagles to intercept drones amid concerns the aircraft are increasingly used to commit crime.
Reports said the force’s interest in using the birds of prey follows trials in the Netherlands.
“As would be expected in an organization that is transforming we take an interest in all innovative new ideas and will of course be looking at the work of the Dutch police use of eagles,” The Times newspaper has quoted an unnamed Met spokesman as saying.
Last summer, and as early as December, a number of UK newspapers reported that the ISIL and other terrorist organizations might use drones to conduct terror acts inside Britain, reported Russia Today.
“Terrorists want to use the unmanned machines – available for as little as £100 on the high street – to drop explosives on large crowds at popular sporting and cultural gatherings,” a senior MI5 source told the Express in July.
The UK Air Proximity Board said last month that drones had been involved in four serious near misses at UK airports, the BBC reported.
Also, the Ministry of Justice reported nine attempts to use drones to infiltrate prisons in England and Wales in the first five months of 2015, the report added.
In addition to fighting terrorism threat stemming from drones, birds like eagles and hawks can deployed to fight organize crime and drug trade, as concerns surface in the capital about potential use of the drones for drug delivery.
The Netherlands-based Guard From Above is the first company in the world to use birds of prey to intercept hostile drones. The company prides itself as a provider of “low-tech solution for a high-tech problem.”
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