• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    “Leonidas was even used to take down a drone and ensure it dropped into a “software-defined, pre-identified safe zone.” How tidy.”

    yeah this makes me think you’re right, it’s control override, not frying their boards maybe they’re getting sparky?

    if this system can take down a squad of fiber drones as easily, I’m all in.

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      4 days ago

      Other articles on the system suggest that it is capable of frying boards. Here’s one:

      Like similar systems, Leonidas defends against drones by firing blasts of microwave energy that disrupts or destroys the uncrewed aircraft’s electronics, sending it crashing to the ground. It can even take on cruise missiles.

      And another:

      “Whether that electromagnetic energy spoils a drone’s electronics from working correctly or spoils a boat’s motor, or use your imagination, anything with little computers in it and stuff, is susceptible to these persistent fields of energy.”