Drones offer a cheap and effective way to cause disruption and also carry small quantities of payload. Already in use to smuggle items into prisons.
Some recent terror attacks have used ordinary vehicles without explosives.
Putting the two together seems a logical step to me. Why not use a simple, hard to stop method rather than an elaborate plan with a suicide bomber?
Besides terrorism, disruption is a tactic used by protest groups.
I was tuned in to R2 this week and Jeremy Vine was on. I was about to retune when I caught the conversation. An eco activist was discussing the Gatwick incident and making strong comments about the pollution caused by aircraft. I sensed his leaning towards condoning the drones as a protest method. His voice tone was drifting into excited agitation a lot with a very undertone of increasing the actions to “change the thoughts re global warming” for the whole population. Quite major changes being proposed re reducing air activity, even hinting at banning it. He highlighted the cheap air travel companies as unnecessary , costs being way below equivalent alternative travel methods.
I can see a focus on drones starting with tighter legislation re sales and licensing. What was a fun toy has now started to be a threat.
