We Are The Mighty: Watch this helicopter door gunner shoot down a drone
Drones have become a security concern for the United States military. You might wonder why that is the case when the military operates a number of advanced drones like the MQ-9 Reaper and the RQ-4 Global Hawk. Well, American troops had close calls with ISIS drones, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Dealing with drones has become a way for a lot of people to come up with ideas, like jammers that can send the drone running home, lasers that can burn the drones in mid-air, or ammo that can hunt drones. But there is another way to handle a drone that is just as permanent, and which is currently available to the troops on the front lines.
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WNU Editor: This is something that you do not see everyday.
4 comments:
Not really an effective or efficient way to deal with drones. Not all that impressive when you consider the drone wasn't taking any evasive action.
Good grief. I know this is a big (get off my lawn I'm old) thing, but in my time a DG could have shot that thing down in his sleep at night in a rain storm.
Sniper shot should be a more efficient solution. This one with machine gun waste too much ammunition and need to be a lucky gunner
Bullets are inefficient. They need to use fleshette rounds.
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