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RAF shoots down 'terrorist drone' over US-owned special ops base in Syria

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Anonymous Coward

Heat?

'The Eurofighter Typhoon pilot used an ASRAAM missile to destroy the "small hostile drone." The MBDA-made heat-seeking missile'

What heat does a small, presumably battery-powered, drone emit? Would the missile also be suitable for destroying pigeons or seagulls?

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