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Re: mmmm..not sure thats correct

"if a swarm of birds can fuck a jet engine then a swarm of drones will be just as effective!"

The vast majority of bird-in-engine incidents occur at landing or take-off when the plane startles a grounded flock of birds into taking off directly into its path. Since small drones are very limited in range and altitude, that's pretty much the only thing they'd be able to do as well; there's basically no chance of positioning a swarm of drones exactly in the path of a jet when it's flying at normal speeds and altitudes. If your enemy is able to fly a swarm of drones around your runway, you have much bigger problems than the chance of a plane losing an engine.

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