It’s actually quite cost effective and can work if conditions are right. But you need clear weather, aircraft with radar to vector the helicopters in, and slow flying one way attack drones, jet powered ones start going too for helicopters to intercept.
Russia and Ukraine have been doing this for years.
They do sometimes attach MANPADs to the drones. Which you don’t even need to do for all of them. Just send a swarm with 2-3 real warheads, 5-10 fakes, and 2-3 MANPAD drones and no one would dare fly a helicopter near it.
It’s actually quite cost effective and can work if conditions are right. But you need clear weather, aircraft with radar to vector the helicopters in, and slow flying one way attack drones, jet powered ones start going too for helicopters to intercept.
Russia and Ukraine have been doing this for years.
That makes sense I guess. In that case I hope Iran starts using drones as helicopter bait for AA missiles
They do sometimes attach MANPADs to the drones. Which you don’t even need to do for all of them. Just send a swarm with 2-3 real warheads, 5-10 fakes, and 2-3 MANPAD drones and no one would dare fly a helicopter near it.