British soldiers take down drone swarm in groundbreaking use of radio wave weapon
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British soldiers have successfully tracked, targeted and defeated swarms of drones in the latest trial of a new directed energy weapon developed in the UK.
  • UK-made, invisible radio wave weapon knocks out drone swarms for the first time.
  • Weapon has potential to help protect against drone threats as nature of warfare changes.
  • piecat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    Radio waves are a specific wavelength/band of the EM spectrum. Light is not radio waves, just as radiowaves aren’t light. Microwaves are another specific wavelength.

    They’re both electromagnetic waves.