The U.S. Has Found a Way to Down a Drone Without Spending $1 Million

[mahatmakanejeeves]

The Wall Street Journal
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The U.S. is tackling one of the most pressing problems of modern warfare: taking down low-cost drones without using expensive missiles.

The U.S. Has Found a Way to Down a Drone Without Spending $1 Million
New tactical vehicles with specialized guns and ammunition can lower the cost of blowing drones out of the sky.
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1:22 PM · Jun 1, 2026

The U.S. is tackling one of the most pressing problems of modern warfare: taking down low-cost drones without using expensive missiles.

— The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) 2026-06-01T17:22:19.031518Z

[Turbineguy]

1. It's the end of the world as we know it!

I've always maintained that McDonald's should send their customers to the Pentagon for training, that way they can charge $500 for a Happy Meal.

[Goonch]

2. ;-{)US & Philippines Test-Fire New MADIS Air Defense System to Counter Modern Aerial

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Thanks. I don't have time to access the library's database. And good afternoon. NT

[Bev54]

4. All they had to do was continue supporting Ukraine and they would have learned it long ago

Now Ukraine knows he would just hand any info over to Putin.

[displacedvermoter]

5. Ukraine is doing it with a Piper Cub and a shotgun

I have seen. Not high tech or expensive enough, I assume, for Hegseth's war fighters.

[70sEraVet]

6. Has Hegseth tried throwing lobster tails at the drones?

He seems to have PLENTY of THOSE!