Originally Posted by
Sport_Pilot
You don't need the moon. There are satellites now used for phone communication. With a modem you could control a UAV on the other side of the world, not all that cutting edge these days.
Military and intelligence agencies do it routinely, and yes, via sat links. Is that what DHS is concerned about? It's not an emerging threat but rather technology that is here and now, so I don't think so. It's also quite stretch from the drone technology available to hobbyists and commercial enterprises..........and jihadist fanatics.