[elric]

Why haven't we seen any drone terrorism (AFAIK) yet? There are grenade attacks in Antwerp on a weekly basis (usually related to drug gang wars). What's stopping these people from using drones instead of having to drive up to their victim's houses?

[kevindamm]

I suspect that triangulating the source of the control signal will be an effective deterrent to people attempting this anonymously. Anything that can fly unaided even without remote control will probably leave some digital fingerprints in its design. For the rest, well I'll admit there's a part of me that hopes it remains only a very small minority that seriously considers this type of terrorism, and that social and political programs keep that segment of the population in check. The realist in me sees the dramatic amount of naivete in that sentiment, but then isn't all hope a fair amount of naive?

[hnbad]

I'd imagine as stealth goes, driving up to someone's house is a much more subtle way to deliver a grenade than launching a drone that goes EEEEEEEEEEEE all the way as it is hastily steered to its destination while the operator attempts to avoid bumping into a street lamp and then fiddles with the controls to drop the grenade in such a way it actually detonates before the victim figures out what's going on.

Drones are hardly even a daily occurence let alone frequent enough not to catch anyone's attention. Cars on the other hand are everywhere.