[desertsolitaire]

And so, what was old is now new again.
Weren’t out T.O.W. anti-tank/armor missiles wire guided as well? At least the early versions?

[House Atreides]

Yes. They were back in my era (Vietnam) and such systems are still extant.

[Tijeras_Slim]

The Germans made some wire guided air to air missiles in WWII. The Ruhrstahl-Kramer RK 344 had a range of 1000 meters.

[srmanuel]

I am no expert, but I think you would need a multilayered system, these drones are flying at tree top level at most, which probably evades radar, so you need a low-level early warning system or a local area radar that only covers the surrounding area.

Then you need a repeatable low-cost way to take them out.

I was reading that Israel is testing out the Iron Beam, Laser system, that somehow has reduced the cost to fire a laser capable of taking out a drone to pennies.

Then maybe a CIWS as a last resort.

Just throwing out ideas.

[srmanuel]

I am no expert, but I think you would need a multilayered system, these drones are flying at tree top level at most, which probably evades radar, so you need a low-level early warning system or a local area radar that only covers the surrounding area.

Then you need a repeatable low-cost way to take them out.

I was reading that Israel is testing out the Iron Beam, Laser system, that somehow has reduced the cost to fire a laser capable of taking out a drone to pennies.

Then maybe a CIWS as a last resort.

Just throwing out ideas.