> Another way to put it might be that they are relatively easy to disrupt and shoot down through means other than kinetic countermeasures. Ukraine has been ach

> Another way to put it might be that they are relatively easy to disrupt and shoot down through means other than kinetic countermeasures. Ukraine has been achieving very high shoot-down rates on Shahed-136 drones. The Russians have to launch them in big swarms to have a hope of getting any of them through. The drones use a piston engine designed for model airoplanes, driving a pusher propellor. Apparently its top speed is about 135mph. It looks like a jet, with its delta wings; but I'd guess you could shoot one down with a rifle.