The US Air Force has just taken receipt of this new vehicle, which does resemble something right out of the Mad Max movies.
From the article: The Air Force’s newest weapon brings the pew-pew of high-energy lasers to a vehicle that looks like it came out of a “Mad Max” movie.
The service took delivery from Raytheon earlier this month of the first high-energy laser weapon system (HELWS) to counter unmanned aerial systems. The system will be deployed overseas as part of a year-long Air Force experiment to train operators and test the system’s effectiveness in real-world conditions, according to a company news release.
In recent years, cheap, off-the-shelf drones have proliferated, posing a threat to U.S. forces on the battlefield, as well as to air bases.
The weapon system being tested uses an advanced variant of the company’s Multi-spectral Targeting System, an electro-optical/infrared sensor, to detect, identify and track enemy drones. Once targeted, the system engages the threatening drones and knocks them out of the sky in a matter of seconds. – article
Frankly, I’m less worried about drones attacking my neighborhood than I am about some dingaling deciding it might be cute to upset the neighbors by dropping an angry skunk from a drone in their yard.
Warning: file_put_contents(): Only -1 of 3480 bytes written, possibly out of free disk space in /home/azuse/htdocs/www.azuse.cloud/wp-content/plugins/wpdiscuz/utils/class.WpdiscuzCache.php on line 149
Dropping a skunk from a drone? I never thought of that one! I have a neighbor in bad need of one – thanks for the tip!😂😂😂
My pleasure. 🙂
The thing needs to be named SHARK: Stuff Hauler And Robot Killer
Sharks, with lasers!
YES!