Proposed Rules Would Allow U.S. to Track and Destroy Drones

[desert phantom]

The Trump administration is asking Congress to give the federal government sweeping powers to track, hack and destroy any type of drone over domestic soil with a new exception to laws governing surveillance, computer privacy and aircraft protection, according to a document obtained by The New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/us/politics/drone-surveillance-policy.html

 

[macoman]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/us/politics/drone-surveillance-policy.html

I am assuming that's when a terrorist already have a drone and the government can destroy it.

 

[desert phantom]

I am assuming that's when a terrorist already have a drone and the government can destroy it.

Yes, that is one example. This document gives further examples: i.e. prisons, border patrol, search and rescue, law enforcement investigation etc.
Government Drone Hacking-Destruction Proposal