The IDF is shooting down a significant number of its own drones in the course of operations, The War Zone (TWZ) reported, citing a US Marine Corps official.
Pruden is head of the Marine Air Command and Control Integration Branch of the Air Combat Element Division within the service's Combat Development and Integration Command (CD&I).
"Something interesting that comes from Israel, 40 percent, of the UASs ... knocked out" by Israel are instances of "friendly fire," Pruden said during a talk at the annual Modern Day Marine exposition on Wednesday.
The IDF has also previously acknowledged accidental knockdowns of its drones.
