US ally shoots down small UAV with Patriot missile

摘要

General David Perkins, commanding general of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), acknowledged that a US ally has used a Patriot air defence missile to shoot down a quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The general made his remarks during a 13 March briefing at the AUSA Global Force exposition and symposium, held in Hunts-ville, Alabama.