James: AF could counter threat of small UAVs using existing technologies

By Rachel Cohen / October 24, 2016 at 3:56 PM
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James suggested this week that the service needs to "repackage" its existing technologies to counter the growing threat of small, unmanned aerial vehicles in the Middle East. She noted that the Air Force electronically disabled a UAV in the Middle Eastern theater about a week ago, but did not offer specifics. Four non-Americans were recently killed by a small, armed UAV as well, she said without elaborating. "These cheap, you can buy them over the...

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