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> these days it shows how terrifying drones are as weapons.

They aren't fundamentally different from a bunch of assholes sitting in an airplane 25,000 feet above you, flying above the ceiling of your flak and air interceptors, dropping a few thousand tons of firebombs on your town.

> I'm curious about how to defend against such drones.

Looking at what most of their targets have in common, I'd say that there's an easy answer to that - don't start wars.

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Nor look like a good target to those who do start wars.

So, your easy answer is incredibly difficult.

1. Countries who start wars rarely do so from a position of weakness, and rarely have more will to fight than whomever they are invading.

2. Drones are more effective in an asymmetric fight. The stronger , more developed side gets hit harder. Which is why Russia and the US is having such a bad time with them. They are both starting shit with countries that have far less to lose, and have far more resolve to fight.

So yes, it is in fact a pretty easy answer.

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