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
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