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US drone hunting - defeating unmanned aerial systems (UAS) is a big issue, the US has a few programmes chasing options that should be of interest to other users thinking about countering the UAS threat, particularly at the tactical level. A non-exhaustive selection of 5 efforts: 
(1) Patriot has been used by several of its global users in a counter-UAS capacity. It is woefully excessive in capability but even moreso in cost. MIM-104F PAC-3 MSE missiles cost as much as USD4.7 million each, which is unsustainable against cheap commercial UAS
To that end a low-cost interceptor is being investigated. @Raytheon Raytheon worked with @RAFAELdefense to make #SkyCeptor, a new development of the Stunner which is the interceptor for Israels David's Sling system.
