"Defeat" By Drones Teaches U.S. Army Hard FPV Lessons The Easy Way

U.S. Army Rangers found that fast FPV drones are very hard to stop with rifles in live-fire training.

Even elite shooters managed to destroy or disable only a fraction of the drones.

The exercise showed that counter-drone defense requires new tactics and repeated training, not just marksmanship.

Battlefield lessons from Ukraine are increasingly shaping U.S. and NATO military preparedness.