A New Jersey lawmaker wants a drone — and he wants one now. Republic Congressman Chris Smith is demanding The Pentagon shoot down one of the nearly 1,000 drones that have been spotted above the ...

And today one of the small quadcopter drones—remotely steered by an operator wearing a virtual-reality headset—may have shot down a Russian helicopter, apparently for the first time.

A US warship shot down a drone that is believed to have originated from Yemen in the Red Sea on Wednesday, according to two US officials. The USS Thomas Hudner, an Arleigh Burke class guided ...