The EMF noise created by brushlessmotors used by drones can probably be triangulated by some NRO satellite constellation. Just 155 airburst the coordinates, if no other agency claims the drones as property.

how dare you say bad things to the best of the best: F-22 never missed, it did it on purpose to trick chinese balloons into thinking F-22 are bad! Now china can send their GDP worth of balloon over USA and F-22 will shoot all of them, burning all of chinese economy into dust: BEST, PLAN, EVER!

shoot first and ask questions later

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will not be taking any questions

Logical conclusion is to shoot first, full stop. Questions reduce morale and efficiency anyway.

Consider this my application for the Civil Air Patrol drone defence division.

Given the number of telescope and hyperzoom enthusiasts, I’m surprised we don’t have have some good pictures of these drones.

As a former CAP cadet I approve this plan. The Air Force should approve it immediately!

This also has entertaining videogame shooter potential. Low-altitude aerial gun combat sounds like unexplored territory.