Air Force awards contract for $16M drone-killing microwave weapon
Excerpt: “It's not a thermal effect, it's an electric-field effect that is basically imposed on the electronics to either upset or permanently damage them. And the effect is essentially instantaneous," Raytheon's missile systems' chief technologist for directed energy, Don Sullivan told the outlet. (...) “It is a remarkable coincidence because this has been in the works between the Air Force and Raytheon essentially since an experiment at White Sands [Missile Range] late last year,” Sullivan said. "Those who sell drone-killing weapons keep a sharp eye on the warning signs, and there were many that preceded the attack in Saudi Arabia." [While this test system works only on small, relatively low-flying drones; no doubt it can–and will–be scaled up for larger drones, if successful. Ron P.]
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