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Overkill: $3M missile destroys $200 drone

2017-03-16
a $200 drone was destroyed by a three million dollar missile drones are an interesting category of tech but some people think they're nothing but trouble in a talk US General David G Perkins explained that a close ally of the US was dealing with an adversary that was using small quadcopter drones in response the Allies shot down the drone with a patriot missile general Perkins said that quadcopter that cost 200 bucks from amazon.com did not stand a chance against a patriot he did not specify which Ally fired the missile nor did he disclose exactly what kind of quadcopter was shot down so we'll have to use our imaginations Perkins went on to say that this may not have been the best economic exchange to reiterate a patriot missile costs around 3.4 million dollars normally Patriot missiles are surface-to-air missiles used to shoot down enemy aircraft and other missiles Patriot missiles also travel over four times the speed of sound a small drone could be somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 or 300 dollars in his talk Perkins explained that gilang with drones is not an air defense problem but a commander problem drones may be better dealt with using electronic warfare for more information check out cnet.com am i as act hardened I'll see you online
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