| If we start blasting things out of the sky: - We certainly can't deny that "something" is happening - The US, if not the world, is going to be rocked by (basically) open war in the skies of America - If we fail to down these things, we look like utterly weak fools - Succeed or fail, we reveal our capabilities (or lack thereof) - Legit public safety issue, bullets/shells/missiles/etc that miss these things have to come down somewhere, as well as wreckage (if any) it self These drones, IF hostile are not necessarily the security risk one might think IMO. If we are just leaking radio signals into the air around bases that these things can intercept, then those communications could just as easily be intercepted by people/cars/etc on the ground. And our "near peers" have plenty of satellites overhead. I am not going to tell you that letting them fly around unmolested is good. It is not. It sucks. But it is probably the least shitty option. |