Drones can't take the heat.
, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, and Kord, a wholly owned subsidiary of KBR, describe a new weapon that could revolutionize warfare. The novel Stryker-mounted high-energy laser has, in defeated multiple 2.3 inch mortar rounds and several, small, medium and large drones.
The new weapon system is part of the U.S. Army's Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense, or DE M-SHORAD."Soldiers in the field face increasingly complex threats, and our combat-proven sensors, software, and lasers are ready to give them a new level of protection," said, president of Electronic Warfare Systems for Raytheon Intelligence & Space.
The military has a vested interest in developing weapons that can protect forces as they move on the ground, but has consistently failed to do so effectively. This is because thwarting drones, rockets, artillery, or mortar attacks from reaching troops on land and their accompanying vehicles and bases requires a system that can detect and plot the incoming attacks to know where to hit them to avoid them ever reaching their intended targets.
Until now... The DE M-SHORAD effort is particularly equipped to protect soldiers against various aerial threats,"including unmanned aircraft systems, rotary-wing aircraft, rockets, artillery and mortars.
This latest addition to the combat teams is bound to save some money while effectively protecting the armed forces. In a similar initiative, the Pentagon, earlier this month,
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