| In Israel helicopters are routinely taking down these drones. There are many videos of them chasing them down. There was an incident where some houses were hit by that cannon fire as well. They are finding them (presumably with radar). You're probably more of an expert than me so educate me on how this works. But it is working. But yes, some drones are also being taken down with air to air missiles. [EDIT: at least the videos from Israel] Those drones are typically shot down over your territory so air superiority and MANPADS are less of an issue. My main point was it's not the $2M THAAD missile taking down a $50k drone. EDIT:
https://www.twz.com/air/ah-64-apache-is-getting-proximity-fu... https://en.defence-ua.com/news/ukrainian_naval_aviation_heli... https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-shot-down-3-200-shahed-t... https://theaviationist.com/2026/03/10/uae-ah-64-apaches-coun... https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/us-apache-pilots-dro... |
Thanks for sharing.
And yes, find and fix with a strategic radar platform. It's tough to set up DCA (defensive counter-air) lanes with helicopters; they're slow and most need to refuel on the ground (an argument could be made for using H-60's. Some variants can refuel in the air).
Depending on the threat picture, it could be feasible to set helos up to defend naval assets or use them like Israel has been to defend land-based high-value assets.