Who is behind drone flights over US bases?

 Streiff:

Drone Swarms Over Sensitive US Bases and Nuclear Facilities Is Met by Apathy and Indifference

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 Just for context, the Shahed 131/136 drone used by the Russians in Ukraine to attack Ukrainian cities and infrastructure is 11 feet long and has a maximum speed of 115mph. It carried a 110-pound warhead. The drones spotted at Langley are roughly twice as long. Every $350 million F-22 you see parked there could be hit by a rather cheap drone before the airbase had time to decide they were an "imminent threat" and react.

As with so many other problems in the military coming out of Obama's third term, the course of action chosen by the USAF has been to literally hide.

This past week, Langley Air Force Base posted a notice looking for information on counter-drone netting that could keep the fighter jets at the base essentially shielded by spying outside UAVs. Drone swarms have been a concern for the U.S. military, given the low costs for many drones and the ability to mobilize them in large swarms. Some units have trained how to counter such drones. 

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The US needs to find a method of countering these drones that is cheaper than firing anti-aircraft missiles.  It is not clear to me how effective netting would be in countering the drones.  It also could impact the flight patterns of the jets like the F-22. 

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