Interesting
...No Radar system is 100%, they’ll be lucky to detect and target 40% of the incoming.
“It is interesting that the US military now has (or will soon have) the capability to take drones down precisely and en masse.”
Providing that China sell them the piece-parts that they need in sufficient quantity.
The transcript reads like an advertisement.
I’d love to see an actual test which measured its limitations.
Of course, such information would be classified.
BTTT
Does anyone remember Age of Empires computer game that came out in 1997? You started out in stone age and advanced to future stage. The future stage had drones and equipment that shot lasers. Looks like we’re almost there.
And that pesky civilian aircraft in the background.
It looks like an AESA radar made into a weapon by greatly increased output power. This has been under development for decades as a defensive system for high value targets like aircraft and ships.
Bfl
I’ll believe it when I see it being successfully employed on the battlefield.
Care to name the last weapon system the shysters in the MIC gave us that actually performed as promised? After massive, massive cost overruns and further delays, perhaps we will get a third of whatever they’re designing actually operating at one time.
Well, these guys certainly. From last June...
Revolutionary Dronebuster® FS Revealed, Provides New Capabilities for Fixed-Site Drone Defense
From a couple of days ago...
Follow the money...
Looks like a phased array device, which makes me a little doubtful about this device. I wonder how it would perform against a simple corner reflector(?)
Be sure to allow China and Russia and Iran to steal the tech.
Try to stop all of these drones.
5,000 Drone Christmas Light Show!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxIc969qtYo