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Beam On: a wide range of counter-drone technologies comes of age
The drones are here to stay. Drones aid search-and-rescue efforts and capture that perfect aerial view of your beach vacation. They are simple to make, cheap to buy and available to almost anyone in the world. But drones can also present a serious risk to military forces. Because they’re readily available, adversaries can easily weaponize…
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The Answer is the Laser Dune Buggy: Agile, mobile and effective, this invention will protect troops from new threats
In a windowless room on Raytheon’s campus in McKinney, Texas, a small team of blue jean-clad engineers and physicists is doing something that’s never been done before. They move back and forth between computer screens and a vehicle that looks like it’s straight out of Mad Max. “Basically, we’re putting a laser on a dune…
