There has been some buzz about the Breaking Defense story out of the U.S., reporting that a U.S. Marine sniper has successfully shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (seven-foot wingspan) during a recent military exercise.
The shoot-down took place at this year’s Black Dart counter drone exercise in California.
“The Marine sniper shot from a UH-1Y Huey,” Lt. Cdr. Ryan Leary, a Black Dart project officer for the Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization (JIAMDO), told Breaking Defense.
It was considered the first recorded incident of an airborne U.S. Marine sniper taking out a drone with a rifle, the publication noted.
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Source: Ottawa Citizen
