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    Radiofrequenzgesteuerte Energiewaffe erfolgreich im Vereinigten Königreich demonstriert

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    1. tree_boom on

      This is the British Army’s (and possibly Navy’s) answer to the “but but but your expensive thing is vulnerable to swarms of drones!!!!” thing; note that it’s not a _jammer_ that prevents control of the drone but an actual weapon that physically damages the components. Thales is apparently going to call it [RapidDestroyer](https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/countries-europe/united-kingdom/news/what-are-radio-frequency-directed-energy-weapons). The idea is that it can tackle multiple targets at the same time provided they’re within its emissions, and should cost ~10p per “shot”. At the moment it’s [truck mounted](https://nitter.poast.org/DefenceES/status/1871167647032721469) for trials, but probably it would end up being emplaced onto a more survivable and maneuverable platform…which probably means Boxer.

    2. Ex-art-obs1988 on

      But but I was reliably told by a certain musk that drones were the future of warfare..

      And that Ukraine is the future of warfare not actually a non typical event where neither side has artillery or air dominance.. 

      It’s almost like we have defence industries full of clever people who can problem solve 

    3. ThatZephyrGuy on

      Once again proving Reddit takes such as “But drones make warships obsolete” are just as shit as they’ve always been.

    4. CosmicShrek14 on

      And it’ll be operated by Capita contractors because everyone else left the service

    5. barcap on

      > RFDEWs are a type of directed energy weapon that neutralises threats by emitting high-intensity radio frequency waves, disrupting or damaging the critical electronic components within UAS, USVs, aircraft or vehicles. Unlike conventional jamming systems that confuse threats, RFDEWs provide a ‘hard-kill’ solution, physically disabling the electronics of targets with a precision beam of electromagnetic energy.

      Is this the same as the weirding way?

    6. parkway_parkway on

      Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon? We usually just call it the BBC.

    7. The_Gingersnaps on

      I used ro work for a non descrip uk entity that would join military exercises with the royal navy along side nato and her allies…
      The Americans used to fry the shit out of our ships systems.
      We used to have to turn everything electronical off while they was testing what ever weapon it was they was testing.
      Reading this now I guess it was the dam royal navy !

    8. JimJonesdrinkkoolaid on

      This is a weird coincidence. I was reading about this the other day randomly on Wikipedia. It sounded very interesting if it was to work.

    9. bushidojet on

      You would definitely not want to accidentally stand in front of one of these when it’s fired, sounds like it would microwave your head in short order

      Which incidentally one actually happened to two unfortunate squaddies when the microwave relay comms gear was accidentally left pointing at their guard tower for a while. They reported feeling rather unwell after about half an hour or so

    10. IlluminatedCookie on

      Between this and the big laser cannon we’re testing, we’re going to the future for our weapons

    11. the_third_hamster on

      I would have thought that counter measures like shielding would be quite effective at interfering with this approach. They do talk about it and say it makes it to heavy and costly to add EMP protection to a drone, but previously people have claimed all you need is to add a foil tray. I guess it’s all in the details

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