Saturday, January 13, 2018

Helicopter Door Gunner Shoots Down Drone in Mid-Air



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:

Anonymous said...

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.

James said...

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.

Anonymous said...

Sniper shot should be a more efficient solution. This one with machine gun waste too much ammunition and need to be a lucky gunner

Gadfly Speck said...

Bullets are inefficient. They need to use fleshette rounds.