“The old see-saw begins - shotgun pellets to take out a drone, so they up armor the drone, so they make a more powerful rifle/shotgun load, so they . . .”
With presently available technology, non-military drones (especially those that hover) can just barely lift the weight they have now, and have very limited flight duration capability.
That's good to hear. I noticed that "drone" that was knocked down looked pretty flimsy.