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Can these things hit 100 or 1000 swarming micro drones? I really don’t know, but would bet that it’s got a limited amount of tracking and fire-rate. At say $1000 per drone including a couple pounds of high explosive charge, I doubt a single one of these can guard any zone.
200 rds per minute single shot rate, 1200 burst rate.
So firing takes 1/20 second, which leaves the rest of 1/3 second to aim at the next target. I don't know if that is realistic.
If the drones fly 360km/h that leaves 60 seconds to take them down. (https://3dprinting.com/news/chinese-students-custom-3d-printed-drone-sets-new-speed-record/)
There is an additional rocket launcher with 60 missiles.
So alltogether handling 100 drones should be possible.