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Le Monde reports that quadrotors of various shapes and sizes have been flying over some of France numerous nuclear power plants over the course of the past few weeks, causing mild alarm, embarrassment for the Air Force that supposed to police the air space, and a judicial enquiry. Greenpeace 鈥?which appears to be France primary suspect, given the group history with nuclear power in the country 鈥?has denied all involvement, but also makes the excellent point that it a large-scale operation: The overflights in question took place sometimes on the same day at four sites which are far apart from each other. For example at Bugey, Gravelines, Chooz and Nogent-sur-Seine on 19 October which proves it a large-scale
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