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by lr1970 805 days ago
> Even autonomous "fire-and-forget" drones need a somewhat robust GPS link for navigation.

GPS is a satellite "broadcast" that GPS receivers listen to. GPS receivers are "passive" in a sense that they do not transmit any signals at all.
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TrackerFF 805 days ago
Admittedly I do not know much about drones, but the point was just that any telemetry that goes out of the drone, is relatively easy to pick up - and is how the military track drones.

At least today the vast, vast majority of combat drones are operated - and the video feed is one of the first things that get picked up from them.

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