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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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[–] Arcka@midwest.social 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

More like: That could be useful, just not for (perhaps many) drones.

1km isn't that far - the drones that were used for surveillance of Minneapolis protests in 2020 were around 6km up.

If they needed to get close for some reason, would a 1km deterrent be countered enough by approaching from directly above and using gravity for the last km?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago

The drones used in Ukraine are basically just commercial drones with grenades strapped to them. And a 1 km distance they're unlikely to be able to damage a target even if they detonated.