Drones armed with a small microwave weapon can shoot down other drones

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Drones armed with a small microwave weapon can shoot down other drones
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A microwave weapon that can be carried on a drone is powerful enough to shoot down other drones without causing harm to people.

that can be carried by a drone is powerful enough to shoot down other drones and can also knock out other electronic devices.

The Leonidas Pod, produced by start-up Epirus based in Los Angeles, generates a beam of microwaves to overload a target’s electronics, causing drones to drop out of the sky, but doesn’t affect people. Other counter-drone microwave weapons are based on magnetrons, the technology found in microwave ovens, and are the size of a shipping container. Instead, Epirus …App + Web

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