The use of drones for defense will be an economic game-shanger.
A ring of maneuverable, explosive drones could protect a point target from millions of dollars of missiles.
“The RQ-20 packs a 15-kilometer range and nearly three hours of flight endurance, and conducts surveillance of suspected hostile targets. The Puma can pass on coordinates to smaller Switchblade drones that engage and destroy enemy targets, according to the company’s press release...
the Corps is issuing small quadcopter drones to every rifle squad, a program routinely called “quads for squads” by Corps officials. “
It’s getting weird out there.