The arms race is always on! Another human certainty besides death and taxes!
We just learnt from the Russo-Ukrainian War that Ukrainians have quite successfully used shotguns to down low flying drones!
There seems to be a problem: Once the armed drone crashes it could still explode on the ground! If you have e.g. dozens of drones crashing ...
"... when technology has advanced to the point where drones can attack in organized swarms in such numbers as to overwhelm conventional air defenses. ...
There are a number of approaches being explored and one of the more promising is the use of directed energy weapons. One of these is THOR, which uses high-energy microwaves fired in bursts over wide areas to counter in-coming hostile drones. It doesn't do this by blasting the drones like a laser, but by frying the delicate electronics, causing the robotic aircraft to crash. ..."
There are a number of approaches being explored and one of the more promising is the use of directed energy weapons. One of these is THOR, which uses high-energy microwaves fired in bursts over wide areas to counter in-coming hostile drones. It doesn't do this by blasting the drones like a laser, but by frying the delicate electronics, causing the robotic aircraft to crash. ..."
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