I would think a radio or microwave weapon would be a lot more effective at neutralizing shahed drones. They’re certainly way too cheaply made to have any real electrical hardening, and it doesn’t require anywhere near the level of accuracy. I know there was news about a British microwave system just like a month ago. I don’t know the relative cost between the two, but I would think a laser powerful enough to do the job would be more expensive than a microwave emitter. IDK enough to be sure though. I suppose a microwave weapon is theoretically much more easily located by the enemy, but I can’t imagine the Russians have enough assets in the field that would be able to detect it in order to triangulate the signal.
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I wonder if the Ukrainians are leaning on the expertise obtained from the Soviet Union’s directed energy weapons program.
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I would think a radio or microwave weapon would be a lot more effective at neutralizing shahed drones. They’re certainly way too cheaply made to have any real electrical hardening, and it doesn’t require anywhere near the level of accuracy. I know there was news about a British microwave system just like a month ago. I don’t know the relative cost between the two, but I would think a laser powerful enough to do the job would be more expensive than a microwave emitter. IDK enough to be sure though. I suppose a microwave weapon is theoretically much more easily located by the enemy, but I can’t imagine the Russians have enough assets in the field that would be able to detect it in order to triangulate the signal.
Just the musings of an engineer, nothing to see here.
I wonder if the Ukrainians are leaning on the expertise obtained from the Soviet Union’s directed energy weapons program.