Quadcopter

US ally uses $3M missile to take out $200 drone

A “very close” US ally used a $3 million Patriot missile to shoot down a quadcopter drone — which sells on Amazon for $200, according to reports.

“They shot it down with a Patriot missile,” Gen. David Perkins said in a video shared by the US Army on YouTube, the Independent of the UK reported. “Now that worked, they got it, OK, and we love Patriot missiles.”

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