South Korea\u2019s Air Force lined up eight Vulcan air-defense guns on a west coast range and opened fire on a swarm of 50 low-flying drones. The scene looked powerful, almost cinematic. Behind the smoke and falling targets, however, was a much harder question for modern militaries, industry, and even the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How much money, metal, fuel, and cleanup should a country spend to stop small aircraft that may cost less than a family laptop? The exercise ended with all 50 drones destroyed, but not by the Vulcans alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The guns reportedly knocked down 44, while a portable laser and five shotguns dealt with the last six, showing that the future of drone defense<\/a> will not be one magic weapon, but a layered mix of old tools and new technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The drill took place on June 23 at a training range on South Korea\u2019s west coast, where 50 drones approached at low altitude from roughly 0.6 miles away. Eight Vulcan guns fired together in what South Korean reports described as a net-like barrage, sending 0.79-inch rounds into the incoming formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At first glance, that sounds like a clean success. All targets were eventually destroyed, and Colonel Nam Hyung-joo of the Air Force Missile Defense Command said the drill was meant to test how existing assets could respond to a growing drone-swarm threat<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Still, the final count matters. If eight guns firing together could not finish the entire swarm before close-range weapons had to step in, the exercise becomes less of a victory lap and more of a warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\nA swarm met a wall of fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The bill was the real shock<\/h2>\n\n\n\n