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China Deploys New ‘Hurricane 3000’ Microwave ‘Super Weapon’ for Operational Counter-Drone Warfare China’s Hurricane 3000 is a truck-mounted high-power microwave weapon aimed at defeating drones by frying onboard electronics rather than firing missiles.
19fortyfive.com ^ | 01-19-2026 | Jack Buckby

Posted on 01/25/2026 7:16:29 PM PST by daniel1212

It pairs radar and electro-optical sensors with intense microwave pulses to deliver a “hard kill,” potentially engaging small, low-altitude UAVs beyond three kilometers. Designed to slot into a broader air-defense network—alongside lasers and traditional guns—the system is pitched as a low-logistics answer to cheap swarms

China’s defense industry has disclosed new technical details and outlined some enhanced capabilities for its truck-mounted Hurricane 3000 high-power microwave (HPM) weapon, a directed-energy system designed to counter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drone swarms. The details were published by the South China Morning Post.

China Drone Aircraft Carrier. Image Credit: X Screenshot.

The Hurricane 3000, developed by state-owned Norinco, made its public debut at the September 2025 Victory Day Parade and has since been the subject of limited but growing official commentary. Chinese media has quoted Norinco engineers claiming that the system’s effective engagement range for small, low-altitude drones exceeds three kilometers – which, if true, would place it above comparable American microwave weapons in range.

Mounted on an 8×8 heavy truck chassis, the Hurricane 3000 reflects China’s growing investment in non-kinetic, directed-energy counter-UAV capabilities that aim to disrupt or destroy adversary electronics instead of relying on traditional missile or gun interceptors.


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1 posted on 01/25/2026 7:16:29 PM PST by daniel1212
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To: daniel1212

Ok, we get the point.


2 posted on 01/25/2026 7:17:04 PM PST by norcal joe
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To: daniel1212

If the ChiComs have it, we’ve got it.

One of their “college students” probably stole it from us.


3 posted on 01/25/2026 7:24:54 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ( Klaatu barada nikto.)
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To: daniel1212

sounds like the weapons we used in the Maduro raid that created a “blacked-out” corridor in which our drones and copters operated and none of the chicon or russkie “hi-tech” weapons would function ... like President Trump just said, when they pushed their buttons, nothing happened ...


4 posted on 01/25/2026 7:45:25 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: daniel1212

Hmmmmmmmm. Didn’t Air Force One experience “electrical issues” recently? Don’t FA, Chyna.


5 posted on 01/25/2026 7:57:32 PM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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Another decrepit 50¢ Army website pimped by a blog pimp some years ago. No thanks.


6 posted on 01/25/2026 8:03:55 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is goings to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: daniel1212

Bkmk


7 posted on 01/25/2026 8:04:56 PM PST by sauropod
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To: Olog-hai

Yes.

This poster is either an idiot or fiddy center.


8 posted on 01/25/2026 9:17:13 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: daniel1212

It’s just the Temu or Alibaba version of a microwave.


9 posted on 01/25/2026 11:26:09 PM PST by Rad_J
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To: daniel1212

Aka the “Pizza-Matic 3000”.


10 posted on 01/25/2026 11:44:25 PM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: daniel1212

🤣🤣🤣🤣 that’s funny!


11 posted on 01/26/2026 4:15:59 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

Mmmmm, great bass

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gpgpiawOFbg&pp=ygUaYmFzc29tYXRpYyBkYW4gYXlrcm95ZCBzbmw%3D


12 posted on 01/26/2026 4:22:37 AM PST by shotgun
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To: daniel1212

First target

an 8×8 heavy truck

When range is an issue


13 posted on 01/26/2026 5:11:30 AM PST by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Olog-hai

Another decrepit 50¢ Army website pimped by a blog pimp some years ago. No thanks.


Site also known to fabricate, mislead, and generally get most things wrong.


14 posted on 01/26/2026 5:44:38 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: shotgun

Ha ha ha! Good memory!


15 posted on 01/26/2026 7:56:37 AM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: daniel1212

This is precisely where all warfare is headed, EW. All those stupid drones that the ChiComs poured money into are as useless as the Soviets’ big ballistic missile advantage in the 1980s when they figured out we could just neutralize them with Star Wars.

Moreover, if the ChiComs have it, you know we already have it.


16 posted on 01/26/2026 8:56:50 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." Jimi Hendrix)
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