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Pentagon names 5 US bases that will get laser and microwave weapons to shoot down drones by year's end

The Pentagon plans to install directed-energy weapons, including high-powered lasers and microwave systems, at five U.S.

Pentagon names five bases that will get anti-drone energy weapons

A new pilot program will install “high-energy lasers and high-powered microwave systems” at major bases around the U.S.
Dayton Daily News

Report: Air Force has microwave energy weapon to zap NK’s missiles

Air Force Research Laboratory headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The AFRL has a workforce of more than 10,000 worldwide, with most based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. FILE Air ...
AOL

China touts new microwave weapon that ‘can destroy drone swarm from 3km away’

China claims its new microwave weapon is more powerful than its US equivalent and capable of shooting down drone swarms from 3km away. The announcement comes at a time of reputational damage for ...
AOL

China develops compact microwave driver that could power a ‘Starlink-killer’ weapon

China has developed a new piece of military technology that could one day be used to disrupt satellite networks such as Starlink, according to a study. Researchers at the Northwest Institute of ...
Washington Times

Hegseth: Military moving to rapidly to build, deploy advanced laser weapons

The U.S. military is moving rapidly to build and deploy advanced laser weapons after years of the defense industry failing to pursue directed energy arms, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress ...
Jane's Information Group

Tokyo urged to increasingly focus on high-power microwave- and laser-based weapons

The Japan Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) has urged Tokyo to increasingly focus on the development of advanced military technologies such as high-power ...