In a demonstration not so much of marksmanship but more of the advantages of microwaves, an Epirus Leonidas directed energy, high-power microwave (HPM) anti-drone weapon has knocked 49 Uncrewed Aerial ...
Somewhere on the wind-scoured prairie of Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota, the U.S. military is installing weapons ...
A new generation of high-power microwave weapons is moving from theory to hardware, and the latest claim from China is stark: a compact 20 gigawatt system designed to cripple satellites with a focused ...
Engineers have experimented with such weapons for many years, with mixed results. But the devastation wreaked by cheap drones in the Russo-Ukrainian war (including Operation Spider Web, in which ...
The ongoing war in Ukraine has changed the face of battlefields forever. The widespread use of drones has left traditional air defenses floundering; launching missiles that cost hundreds of thousands ...
China has successfully tested a real-life weapon that evokes the Star Wars Death Star laser. China’s government-imposed secrecy allegedly prevented the project scientists from sharing key details, ...
Modern warfare increasingly relies on low-cost drones for a variety of missions, with several countries developing low-cost defense systems to counter attacks involving swarms of drones. China is one ...
A controversial microwave weapon called the Active Denial System has been recalled from Afghanistan, according to an Air Force spokesperson. The pain gun generates a targeted burning sensation in ...