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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
These missiles would obviously be effective against ordinary planes though the thought of a shot down plane then crashing onto inhabitants of London is pretty bad. But how effective would they be against say slow moving small drones?
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Risk vs reward (damage limitation).
Shoot down a plane, collateral damage 10s-100s of people from debris; plane gets through, thousands potentially killed - the risk doesn't go away just because it is unpalatable.
Real-life example - when in the RAF, the final test for biological/chemical attack was the junior member of the team took their mask off before everyone else; let me tell you, it was a great day when someone new joined the team.