How did I miss this? Germans & French use helicopters to knock down UAVs/Missiles off the coast of Yemen

First the French use a helicopter flying off their FREMM frigate to destroy a Houthi UAV, now the German Navy used the helicopter embarked with F124 frigate "Hessen" to destroy a Houthi USV. https://t.co/4CMIc6W5yg

— Alex Luck (@AlexLuck9) March 21, 2024

I've kinda wondered why we never developed a rotary winged UAV with sidewinders and AMRAAMs to act as "outer screens" or pickets to knock down missiles/uavs etc...Give those long endurance rotary winged UAVs to a destroyer, let the helicopter uav have a radar off a decommissioned fighter that links up with the one on the Burke and you have an early warning anti-drone system that would shake the foundations of hell...well until counter measures are developed but certainly good enough for the mud fight the Navy is involved in.