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Yea, but a missile can be lighter, move faster, and carry more explosives if it doesn’t have to fly itself into a loitering position and instead gets hauled around by a big reusable multi-missile sensor platform.

I don't see how that's functionally different than SAM on the back of a truck or on someone's shoulder.

You can use a lot of cheap, refillable energy to get the missile up to altitude. Otherwise, you need a bigger rocket on the back of every missile.

Trucks tend not to deploy at 1,000 knots regardless of terrain over a 1,000 mi range.

Best of both worlds: Drone platforms carrying anti air missiles? :)

Just for fun, and I have no qualifications whatsoever, but the Aim 9 comes in at 188 pounds (85.3 kg), add say 20kg for a release mount? (just guessing), so might be doable.

Might need something more upmarket than a Griff 300 (max altitude 1000m - see https://www.dronetechplanet.com/the-griff-300-review-drone-t...) but even with that, if you had network of these remotely operated they could pack a hell of a surprise for an unsuspecting pilot (missiles would only go active when released), can be positioned strategically around assets.