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Over the past few weeks, Denmark’s skies have been punctuated by red and blue lights: drones hovering near airports and military bases, grounding flights, prompting emergency meetings, and leaving citizens unsettled and fearful.
Kathrin Maurer, a professor at the University of Southern Denmark whose research focuses on surveillance, drones and warfare, notes that this fear is far from new. From the all-seeing gods of ancient Egypt to Plato’s invisible Gyges, societies have long grappled with powers that watch, judge and provoke anxiety. Drones might use state-of-the-art technology, but the feelings they stir are as old as civilisation itself. And across Europe, governments and
researchers are now turning to jamming systems, precision lasers, and other technologies to neutralise rogue drones and safeguard both civilian and military airspace.
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Kathrin Maurer, University of Southern Denmark
We have to remember that aerial reconnaissance has been around for centuries – think of kites, hot air balloons and spy planes.
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