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Ram, Fragment, or Net: Choosing Kill Mechanisms for the Counter-Drone Fight

We read the kill-mechanism contest as a requirements problem disguised as a technology contest. Ram-kill minimizes cost and certification; blast-fragmentation buys guidance tolerance at the price of debris and per-shot expense; net capture buys forensic and safety value inside a narrow envelope. Our assessment: the market will sort mechanisms by niche faster than any down-select, and procurement should specify kill probability at a defined point on the target's track, with debris limits stated, rather than crown a winning mechanism. Debris modeling, of all things, may decide more tenders than guidance performance over the next two years, and the vendors who understand that are already writing it into their bids.