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An unmanned aerial vehicle, commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot
aboard. About 700,000 drones were sold in 2015, and the number skyrocketed to almost 3 million in 2017
in the U.S. Ordinary people and small businesses use these flying devices to do all sorts of things, from
aerial photography to crop-dusting to just having fun. It also enables shipping to remote places and assists
search and rescue missions for humans and livestock alike. But the technology has a dark side.
Terrorists and criminals could use drones to conduct illegal surveillance, carry out chemical,
biological, and radiological attacks as well as more traditional attacks on large open-air venues such as
concerts, sporting events and government facilities. It was reported that criminals used small drones to
block FBI agents from observing a hostage situation in 2017.
Drones could be used to smuggle as well. Last year, the U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a 25-year- old man for using a drone to ferry drugs across the southwest border. Since October 2017, officials have
reported over three-dozen sightings of drones operating near the U.S. border. The U.S. Customs and
Border Protection is concerned that drones could show smugglers in Mexico vulnerable points on the
border where people and/or drugs can cross over and sneak into the country undetected.
A wide variety of counter-drone measures have been developed in response to this security threat.
For example, DJI, the world’s leading maker of unmanned aerial vehicles, enforced geofencing, a virtual
geographical boundary across most of Iraq and Syria, and stopped terrorists from using its drones in both
countries in 2017. Both France and the Netherlands have been quietly training eagles to take down drones
deemed as hostile. The Police of Wuhan, China have developed a signal-jamming gun of their own. This
gun disrupts the drone’s radio signals and forces it to land. Instead of relying on radio frequencies, SkyWall
offers net-based options for polices and governments. It fires projectiles that could be turned into a net to
“nonviolently” down the drone.
How can drones benefit us?
AThey make smuggling easy.
BThey keep criminals busy.
CThey make large open events possible.
DThey save lives after a disaster.正確答案
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