VIDEO: USS Detroit Destroys Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Deck Gun

The following is footage of USS Detroit (LCS-7) firing its 57 mm gun in a series of tests that sank an inbound surface target and destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle on March 6 and 7, 2017. US Navy/Lockheed Martin Video

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