USAF microwave energy weapon against drone swarms

[jolihokistix]

SV: "And looking at the pic, what if the drone is fairly high, because it doesn't look like that dish can point up at much of an angle..."

The staff in the canteen would be dead by then.

[Asturias56]

Here's the British version - did well in trials too, but difficult to deploy



wiped out intelligent life on the South Bank...................

[Davef68]

Originally Posted by Asturias56

Here's the British version - did well in trials too, but difficult to deploy



wiped out intelligent life on the South Bank...................

I thought that was the target!

[Ninthace]

There is intelligent life south of the river!? Why haven't we been told?

[meleagertoo]

Originally Posted by Ninthace

There is intelligent life south of the river!? Why haven't we been told?

Because none of us are heartless or stupid enough to go north of the river and humiliate you.

[MechEngr]

The dish is offset from the pillar and looks to be able to rotate about the horizontal axis more than 180 degrees - at least from horizon to zenith to horizon as well as a +/-180 degree turn about the horizontal axis.

I figure the greatest problem is anti-radiation missiles. Send in a pack of drones, see where they die, and drop a bomb into the center of the circle. Which means the operators of this need to randomize the engagement range. Which then means sending in EM hardened beam-following drones. So then the microwave gun gets coaxial guns to shoot down the beam followers. So then ...

One feature I haven't seen in use yet is multi-rotor drones that rest. Fly to some location nearby the target and land on a roof or some other low-observable location, possibly with a solar cell array to recharge. Wait a few days and then resume the flight. Or drop off a small ground vehicle that completes the mission.

[Lonewolf_50]

Originally Posted by MechEngr

So then the microwave gun gets coaxial guns to shoot down the beam followers. .

And there you have integrated air defense in miniature.

[Sue Vêtements]

Originally Posted by MechEngr

One feature I haven't seen in use yet is multi-rotor drones that rest. Fly to some location nearby the target and land on a roof or some other low-observable location, possibly with a solar cell array to recharge. Wait a few days and then resume the flight. Or drop off a small ground vehicle that completes the mission.

I've been saying this for ages. It won't be a swarm attack like bees, it'll be a slow process with leapfrogging drones that conceal them selves with short hops and encircle the target completely before the final assault

I think there's a lot to be said for being in your mid-sixties ... if you catch my drift

[Tartiflette Fan]

Originally Posted by meleagertoo

Because none of us are heartless or stupid enough to go north of the river and humiliate you.

...........and the person who has the map hasn't returned it yet.