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British soldiers tune radio waves to fry drone swarms (www.gov.uk)
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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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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Imagine if they showed real physics in sci-fi movies. You'd never see any laser blasts in space, just the result of their strike.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You sure can see plasma cannons though...

[–] Arcka@midwest.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And green lasers

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

And any color light saber. Regardless if there's particles in the surrounding atmosphere or not.