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British soldiers tune radio waves to fry drone swarms (www.gov.uk)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • UK-made, invisible radio wave weapon knocks out drone swarms for the first time.
  • Weapon has potential to help protect against drone threats as nature of warfare changes.
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[–] Rogue@feddit.uk 55 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Possibly because it's presented how news used to be - a simple statement of fact without embellishment or click bait.

Would you rather:

You won't BELIEVE how this weapon built by British boffins can yeet hundreds of Russian drones from the sky in seconds

[–] Jivebunny@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

UK slams dozens of drones with invisible radio waves

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

UK blasts rays of DEATH to doomed drones

[–] eronth@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I wager the word "radio" also helps. Early 1900s would have had plenty of radio broadcasts being "the thing" going on, so that word probably helps prime the interpretation, even if not used in quite the same way.

[–] con_fig@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago

Nice honkers