The 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron shot down a subscale drone using an AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket on December 19, 2019, providing a proof of concept for using rockets queued from an F-16 targeting pod as viable munitions to perform cruise missile defense.
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| A F-16C fires a rocket at a test drone at Eglin Air Force Base. This test successfully demonstrated shooting a small drone at low altitudes (Picture source: 1st Lt. Savanah Bray) |
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