Drones don’t get close enough (or fly high enough) to trigger inceptors, but they DO get the entity’s fighter jets (that take 4-12 man hours to maintain per hour of flight) to scramble.
Depends on the drone in question, and some people have developed “semi-decoys” that are basically fixed wing drones or cheap cruise missiles that have enough payload to not be ignorable but also are screens for the hypersonics and more powerful munitions.
Drones don’t get close enough (or fly high enough) to trigger inceptors, but they DO get the entity’s fighter jets (that take 4-12 man hours to maintain per hour of flight) to scramble.
Depends on the drone in question, and some people have developed “semi-decoys” that are basically fixed wing drones or cheap cruise missiles that have enough payload to not be ignorable but also are screens for the hypersonics and more powerful munitions.