wasting two $2.1M SM-2 missiles in the process
It appears the Germans did do some earlier successful shootdowns. So much stuff in the Red Sea has to be dredged up, so to speak...
https://meta-defense.fr/en/2024/02/29/frigate_hessen_firing_missiles_drone_mq_9/#:~:text=Twenty%2Dfour%20of%20the%20frigate‘s,of%2035%20to%2040%20km.
Is it possible some Reaper drones have ways to fool missiles coming at them?