In article ,
"Paul F Austin" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote

The "little bitty" UAVs out there are in the "fly past really quick and
turbulence does the job" category...

There really aren't "a lot" of large UAVs. They (and their payloads) are
quite expensive and the number look limited for the foreseeable future.

Funny, I keep finding quite large ones. Like the Predator, the
Darkstar, the Global Hawk, or one of several Russian designs that are
basically reworked large cruise missiles or former target drones.

A lot of modern UAVs are in the 1000+ lb weight class, which certainly
makes them big enough to shoot down.

The Little Bitty UAVs on the other hand look to be ubiquitous.
Turbulence might do the job or maybe not. These aren't ultralights
with nil control authority. If they're flying low enough to prevent
recovery, then the fighter doing the buzz pass is in fair danger of
CFIT, especially in combat.

Just fly around it and get it in trail. If a 727 can knock a Piper Cub
out of the air at a mile or so lead range, an F-22 should be able to
wipe a small UAV out at a couple of hundred yards or so.

And anything that's too small to shoot down with a gun is *certainly*
too small to shoot down with a modern aircraft missile.

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