The Download: the next anti-drone weapon, and powering AI’s growth
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Summary
Drones armed with explosive warheads and missiles pose a growing threat, and the US is seeking new weapons to counter the threat, including a variety of guns and lasers, and now microwave technology.
One device being tested works like a lightning rod, attracting hostile drones into a certain radius and then frying their electronics.
Current methods of disabling drones, including radio frequency jammers and hacked GPS signals, are illegal under federal law, with the federal government undertaking efforts to change legislation to allow greater scope for counter-drone technologies on civilian infrastructure.
The US military is also developing new drone detection systems to counter the threat from swarms of small, commercially available drones.