“I was a Patriot missile Army Officer during my career in the Army. This seems like an expensive way to shoot down cheap drones unless they will use it to shoot down Russian cruise missiles.”
That’s the problem these days. A cheap drone with a lawnmower engine can still deliver 1000 lbs. or so to its target...so you will need to shoot it down, with something.
That’s the problem these days. A cheap drone with a lawnmower engine can still deliver 1000 lbs. or so to its target...so you will need to shoot it down, with something.
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…and the entire U.S. defense industry is focused on expensive programs, because that’s where the money is. In many cases it seems the very concept of effective or reliable gets lost.