A Patriot Missile Shot Down a Quadcopter in an Impressive But Wildly Expensive Shot

From Popular Mechanics
A leading U.S. Army general has revealed a multi-million-dollar air defense missile was recently used to shoot down a consumer-grade quadcopter drone. The downing calls into question the adequacy of government anti-drone defenses worldwide and a lack of cost-effective responses to the emerging weaponized drone threat.
The incident was announced by General David Perkins at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Global Force symposium in Alabama. A former brigade commander