Quadcopter on the Whitehouse Lawn

[JeremiahJohnson]

Did a search - hope this isn't a dupe.

Secret Service: 'Quadcopter' drone crashed onto White House grounds | Fox News

I'm guessing someone's quadcopter got away from them and ended up on the WH lawn. But, it begs the question - how?

I tend to look at things from a threat perspective. Say someone did want to go to a hobby store, buy a bunch of these and use them to do harm at the WH or anywhere else. What can be done to make soft targets harder against these threats? I know there are jammers that are fairly inexpensive that scramble the onboard GPS and can cause them to lose their way. Strong EM pulses also confuse them, but don't necessarily stop them.

Where are all my EE buddies? What would you do to harden a target against quadcopter/drones?

 

[IndyGunworks]

Set up skeet ranges like a moat.

 

[eldirector]

Sounds like the WH already is "hardened" for RF-controlled "drones".

Did it just randomly crash, or was it brought down (jammer or projectile)?

 

[bradmedic04]

The white house isn't even hardened against interlopers. Maybe the battery just died.

 

[HoughMade]

The white house isn't even hardened against interlopers. Maybe the battery just died.

Where was the drone born?

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Sounds like the WH already is "hardened" for RF-controlled "drones".

Did it just randomly crash, or was it brought down (jammer or projectile)?

They didn't say, but if they were hardened, then it shouldn't have made it to the lawn. Usually these things lose their way because the GPS got confused. It can happen because of bandwidth noise, strong EM say from power lines, or a number of other reasons. They're usually programmed to fly home once they re-set the GPS, but sometimes they fly out of range and just crash. I'm guessing this one just got away and crashed. If the WH was hardened against quadcopters/drones, in my opinion, it wouldn't have made it as far as it did.

 

[NavyVet]

I wouldn't mind one 'landing' in my yard... Those things are expensive....

 

[zippy23]

heard a guy said it accidentally crashed there as he was flying it. Either way, its pretty crazy that something like this can happen. You could strap all kinds of things on these drones. Who knows, maybe they dont protect the white house cuz they want something to happen. i dunno. Seems silly that men can hop the fence and run into the white house, and people can fly droves right onto the lawn. This sounds really stupid.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Here it is

 

[bradmedic04]

Where was the drone born?

It's American. I have the box somewhere to prove it, but YOU can't see it.

 

[printcraft]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

USSS says the individual claiming responsibility for the quad copter incident has been interviewed and is "fully cooperative."

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Meth delivery gone off target?

 

[OakRiver]

Was it trying to bring in some Colombian hookers?

 

[printcraft]

Meth delivery gone off target?

Yes, it was headed to the oval office...... that could explain SOME of the current policies....

 

[JollyMon]

If it was this one... he could have been in more trouble

[video=youtube;SNPJMk2fgJU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU[/video]

 

[indykid]

Banning drones on Washington DC expected any minute now.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Banning drones on Washington DC expected any minute now.

They're already illegal in DC for the most part.

Are Drones Illegal In Washington, DC?

SS verifies the drone had no cameras, it was purely recreational, and the flyer contacted them to resolve the issue

 

[printcraft]

Banning drones on Washington DC expected any minute now.

At the very least FFA and FCC certification and licensing for drone operation.

 

[Henry]

Meh....the bastards don't give a damn about flying a drone over my property....I hardly give a damn about theirs.