Dan,
This drone and its operator would be priority targets for the said sniper.
Counter-sniper tactics don't usually require airstrikes, but destruction of buildings is not an impediment, and can be achieved by other means. In any case, partial destruction is usually enough.
A cheaper idea is to mount a laser reformatory on the drone and use conventional munitions to engage.
$40k IMHO is too expensive a 'consumable' for infantry, particularly on foot.
Greg C
On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 6:05 AM, Greg Chalik <mrg3105@gmail.com> wrote:A guided $40K hand-grenade?
There are apparently two models, armed and unarmed.It's a $40k recon drone that you can have at the platoon level, that you can use to find that one damn sniper shooting at you from good cover, and croak them, without blowing up the building he's sitting on.Look at it this way: cheaper than rebuilding/replacing the building the target is sitting in, after an airstrike levels it to croak one person.Dan--Thegn Grimmund Blackwing, OP, Baron of Windhaven, Northshield
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