While the U.S. is spending millions on lasers and cannons to shoot down drones, Russia has shot shoot down a UAV with a much more low-tech weapon.
Or rather, a group of medieval reenactors in the Lipetsk region of central Russia shot down a drone with a spear, according to website Web siteDigital Trends.
The YouTube video shows a bearded, helmeted man on the ground hurling a spear at the UAV, which then crashes.
There is no word on whether the Russian military, now engaged in a massive modernization program, will be deploying spear-based anti-drone defenses.
Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him on X at @Mipeck1. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.
