The Royal Navy has released incredible behind-the-scenes footage of a first-of-its-kind trial mission in which its new helicopter missile shoots down a drone without crew assistance. Firing the ...
On October 28, 2024, in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, a Ka-52 helicopter of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone with a missile strike. In footage that surfaced online, the ...
The Royal Navy has used a new helicopter missile to shoot down a drone without outside assistance in a first-of-its-kind trial. The force fired a Martlet missile from a Wildcat combat helicopter ...
Helicopter cannons are much cheaper than jets armed with missiles, but they're no substitute. It's not just fighter jets and ground-based air defenses that are in the mounting drone battles.
Some helicopters can carry air-to-air missiles that extend their engagement ranges far beyond cannons or machine guns, which require encounters so close range they risk the aircraft and its crew.