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Drone wars: Tokyo police deploys interceptors armed with nets to catch nuisance drones

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 JAPANESE cops are battling rogue drones with their own remote controlled craft.

By Patrick Knox / Published 12th December 2015
TOKYO MET POLICEDRAGNET: This Tokyo police ‘interceptor’ is equipped with a net to capture suspicious drones

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have launced a fleet of massive net-wielding interceptor drones as part of a crack down.They fear terrorists and other criminals, including perverts could be using drones to commite crime.As reported by the Daily Star Online, peeping toms across Britain are taking to the skies with drones to film randy couples romping – without the stars of their film ever knowing.

But the first single interceptor drone will be attached to a specially-trained riot police unit. More join the force in February.

TOKYO MET POLICECAUGHT: The police drone captures the airborne villian

“Terrorist attacks using drones carrying explosives are a possibility”

Tokyo police department’s security bureau member

Each of the six-rotor drone measures about three foot wide and are equipped with a camera. This allows officers to remotely manipulate the craft using a handset.

But before the interceptor is deployed, cops will use loudspeakers in a bid to urge the drone’s pilot to leave the area voluntarily or risk being netted.

“Terrorist attacks using drones carrying explosives are a possibility,” said a member of the police department’s Security Bureau.

“We hope to defend the nation’s functions with the worst-case scenario in mind.”

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/481083/tokyo-drone-interceptor-squad

 

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