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| New Air Force Weapon THOR Capable Of Silently, Instantly Disabling Hundreds Of Drones |
| 2021-06-28 |
| [BIZPACREVIEW] The U.S. Air Force introduced a new weapon earlier this month that can disable hundreds of drones simultaneously without making much noise. The defensive weapon, called the Tactical High Power Operational Responder, or THOR, utilizes a burst of energy that disorients and disables the electronics inside drones within range. Air Force officials said THOR will have multiple uses and can serve in a variety of roles and battlespaces. “THOR uses a focused beam of energy to defeat drones in a large target area,” says the video. “It provides a non-kinetic defeat of multiple targets at the speed of light.” The Air Force says the system portable enough to be transported in a C-130 aircraft, can be installed in about three hours, uses local power and can be set up by as few as two personnel. The service branch also said that the system has been tested in real-world conditions and has successfully defeated multiple threats under various conditions using its instantaneous microwave beam. The system can stop “attacks at long range before they threaten critical infrastructure,” the video concludes. The first THOR prototype was introduced in New Mexico in 2019 at a cost of $15 million. Each subsequent system costs $10 million to manufacture. While some bases have been defended by THOR even as it was under development, the objective, according to the Air Force, is to get platoons equipped with fully functional systems by 2024. |
| Posted by:Ebbugum Gleating6151 |
| #4 ^ Think for and/or against. Ima gonna guess that 1st deployment will be DC. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2021-06-28 12:53 |
| #3 I wonder how this might work against a modern city. |
| Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-06-28 12:34 |
| #2 Did WPAFB have anything to do with the development of THOR |
| Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 2021-06-28 10:14 |
| #1 File unavailable! |
| Posted by: Gerthudion Whomoper3485 2021-06-28 08:40 |