British soldiers take down drone swarm in groundbreaking use of radio wave weapon
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British soldiers have successfully tracked, targeted and defeated swarms of drones in the latest trial of a new directed energy weapon developed in the UK.
  • UK-made, invisible radio wave weapon knocks out drone swarms for the first time.
  • Weapon has potential to help protect against drone threats as nature of warfare changes.
  • Arcka@midwest.socialEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    More like: That could be useful, just not for (perhaps many) drones.

    1km isn’t that far - the drones that were used for surveillance of Minneapolis protests in 2020 were around 6km up.

    If they needed to get close for some reason, would a 1km deterrent be countered enough by approaching from directly above and using gravity for the last km?

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
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      12 hours ago

      The drones used in Ukraine are basically just commercial drones with grenades strapped to them. And a 1 km distance they’re unlikely to be able to damage a target even if they detonated.