"Air Force Buys Mysterious Israeli Weapon to Kill ISIS Drones" Topic
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| Tango01 | 26 Feb 2017 10:21 p.m. PST |
"What is this secret weapon? Pentagon officials aren't saying, but here are some clues. The U.S. Air Force awarded a mysterious contract to an Israeli firm for equipment to counter small drones like the ones used by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. But service officials will not disclose the type of system and whether it uses electronic jamming, conventional missiles, a combination of both, or some other method to down enemy drones. Here's what we know: The Air Force awarded ELTA North America Inc. — a U.S. subsidiary of Israeli Aerospace Industries — a $15.6 USD million contract for "counter-unmanned aerial systems." The contract announcement specifically references "21 Man Portable Aerial Defense System kits," which will be delivered by July 28…"
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Garryowen  | 27 Feb 2017 7:08 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 27 Feb 2017 10:36 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile)
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| FatherOfAllLogic | 27 Feb 2017 2:23 p.m. PST |
How about a large bore shotgun? I read an article about a goose hunter in England who makes his own large bore guns to shoot the high flying birds. Goose, drone, about the same? |
| Rubber Suit Theatre | 27 Feb 2017 9:41 p.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 28 Feb 2017 3:43 a.m. PST |
You can make a dronekiller out of a microwave oven's magnetron, but the end result looks like a Blowpipe missile launcher. 1200 watts of microwave energy will utterly fry the radio control receiver, since it's built to only take half a watt or so. Microwave oven magnetron because 2.4GHz is the control frequency, and the magnetron radiates at 2.4GHz.  |
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