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Patriot used to shoot a 200 USD drone....wait what!

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Yep, you have read that right

 

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A Patriot missile - usually priced at about $3m (£2.5m) - was used to shoot down a small quadcopter drone, according to a US general.

 

The strike was made by a US ally, Gen David Perkins told a military symposium.

"That quadcopter that cost 200 bucks from Amazon.com did not stand a chance against a Patriot," he said.

Too bad, maybe 200 USD drones should start shipping with counter measures 

 

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However, Gen Perkins suggested deploying large surface-to-air missiles as a defence was probably not economically wise.

"I'm not sure that's a good economic exchange ratio," he told an audience at the Association of the United States Army's Global Force symposium in Alabama.

 

So, basically 3 mil missle lost to take down a small drone, yet another reminder that we really need better anti drone solutions.

 

Also, next on BBC, ant hill gets nuked!

 

source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39277940

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Been posted already, let me find the link ...

 

*edit: Found it;

 

Edited by SansVarnic

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4 minutes ago, SansVarnic said:

Been posted already, let me find the link ...

 

*edit: Found it;

 

Ohh well I'll report my own post 

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Just think. That missile costs the same as the base cost of 15 houses. 

Rip.

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there was a mobile "anti drone" missile battery at the North Dakota pipeline protest. FOR WHAT UNCLE SAM?

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33 minutes ago, Wolther said:

Just think. That missile costs the same as the base cost of 60 houses. 

Rip.

$50,000 isn't a lot to build a house with...

 

after fees you might get a shipping container with insulation

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1 minute ago, potoooooooo said:

$50,000 isn't a lot to build a house with...

 

after fees you might get a shipping container with insulation

Did my math wrong. 15 houses. But still, that's a large amount even then 

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3 minutes ago, potoooooooo said:

$50,000 isn't a lot to build a house with...

 

after fees you might get a shipping container with insulation

50K is plenty for a small single family domicile. Especially if all 60 are part of the same development

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