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Letter: Plucked from the skies in what state?

Published 3 August 2016

From Allen Reynolds

The SkyWall100 may well be able to envelope a rogue drone in a net and parachute safely to the ground (25 June, p 24). But the drone could self-destruct when it detects that its progress has been arrested, doing more harm.

Auckland, New Zealand

Issue no. 3085 published 6 August 2016

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