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​BAE Systems recently tested the counter-unmanned aircraft system variant of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle prototype.
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Currently, there are no cheap effective systems for destroying loitering munitions on the battlefield, the developers of the new UAV
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​BAE Systems and Moog adapted an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle for counter-drone operations and successfully tested a prototype in the Arizona desert. 

The British military’s DragonFire laser system marks a groundbreaking achievement in defense technology. This high-powered laser, developed through a £100 million joint investment by the Ministry of Defense and industry partners, successfully targeted and destroyed an aerial drone. This achievement, a first for the UK, demonstrates significant progress in directed-energy weapons technology. DragonFire’s trial, conducted […]

​The Marine Corps officially opened Camp Blaz in January 2022, in preparation for a future shuffling of some 5,000 Marines from Japan to Guam. 

​The trial with the direct-energy weapon is considered a significant milestone toward the deployment of the system, possibly within five years. 

​Moscow (AFP) Jan 18, 2024

Russia repelled air attacks by Ukraine overnight, shooting down a drone near Moscow and missiles over the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, officials said on Thursday.

“In the town of Podolsk an attack by a drone flying toward Moscow was repulsed by air defences,” Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, adding that according to preliminary information there were no victims or damage.

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​America’s adversaries, including both state and non-state actors, have developed creative ways of using cheap, commercially available, and easily weaponized drones to assassinate opponents, destroy tanks, wage surprise attacks, smuggle drugs, and even conduct aerial dogfighting. Most recently, extremist groups such as the Houthis in Yemen have used drones to attack commercial shipping in the Red Sea. The democratization of drone technology means that countries, as well as terrorist organizations and “lone wolves,” are now able to conduct attacks with near impunity. This includes attacks against U.S. military forces deployed abroad, America’s commercial interests on land, sea, and air, and
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