New ‘Drone Killer’ Ammo Gives US Navy Rifles a Shotgun Punch vs. UAVs

The US Navy has turned its rifles into drone-killing weapons with a new family of ammunition that delivers shotgun-style takedowns without collateral damage.

Designed by the Crane division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), the “Drone Killer Cartridge” (DKC) comes in segmented and pelletized variants, both reportedly able to increase the kill probability against unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

The segmented version is a self-separating bullet that disperses three projectiles per round after leaving the chamber.

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