Drones are a clear a present danger to the Paris Olympics in May

After much contemplation I have decided to start a new thread to highlight the drone threat to the Paris Olympics.

The scenario of an attack this year, with a swarm of drones swooping down on the river Seine during the opening ceremony on July 26 with 300,000 spectators on the quayside, is the authorities' nightmare. Three and a half months before the start of the Paris Olympics, concerns are growing that the anti-drone shield being put in place for the Games is not up to the task of protecting the French capital from a potential attack.

Scheduled for June 2023, delivery of the six anti-drone systems, known as Parade, has been delayed by many months.The military response for the Paris Olympics was entrusted to Thales and CS Group in April 2022. Large-scale exercises organised by the French air force in mid-March to test the first Parade systems at Villacoublay, near Paris was a failure.

lIt didn't work and the problem is there is very little room for maneuver. With just three months to go before the opening ceremony of the Olympics, there is little lime to train the staff and to make significant improvements to the system.

With an estimated three million drones in France, most in private hands, the armed forces and government are desperate to prevent the flight of any potentially hostile craft.

Given the above it is likely that the French will want to demonstrate that they have done everything possible to mitigate the drone threat. As the below image shows the French at the highest lens are familiar with DroneShield. DroneShield products have been certified under the French military's Dangers des Rayonnements Electromagnetiques sur les Personnels (DREP).

I contemplate a large rush order from "a European Government" soon...very soon.

French President Emmanuel Macron reviews the DroneGun Tactical