If they would refer to them as UAV’s instead of drones, people might be better able to form a mental image of the actual size and capabilities of these things.
These aren’t the little 4- or 6-rotor thingies that people strap GoPro cameras on for personal use. They are (or at least can be) lethal weapons.
Yep.
The RQ-170, which we know the Iranians have copied, has a takeoff weight of 10,000 lbs or so with an 88 ft wing span.