“Robert Bunker, a counterterrorism expert at TRENDS Research & Advisory based in Abu Dhabi, says that there are likely to be two distinct occasions when autonomous drones need to be stopped: for public safety and during war.
Public safety is the more challenging arena. Bunker says that dealing with drones in public spaces requires approaches that run a much lower risk of inadvertently harming bystanders.”
Source: US Air Force plans to pluck dangerous drones out of the skies | New Scientist