Originally Posted by
Fuchs
"Engage" is not enough.
A small UAV at 500 m altitude moves at the speed of a car and most of it can be penetrated by a bullet without achieving a kill.
Furthermore, it won't be heard even at night, and even at daylight it would be extremely difficult to spot without dedicated anti-air sensors.
Manually controlled machine guns are no solution.
If you disagree; simply double the altitude. That's little challenge for UAV design, but disqualifies machine guns without doubt.
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