How the U.S. Army’s ‘Phaser’ can wipe out an entire fleet of drones

Re:How the U.S. Army’s ‘Phaser’ can wipe out an entire fleet... by SEJeff on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @02:28PM (#12970539)

I think this is an expensive solution, which would increase radar cross signature almost certainly. Also, it would protect against a weapon that isn't fielded while doing nothing for any conventional weapons.

Source: I flew UAVs "drones" for the US Army for 482 combat flight hours in Iraq. Lookup the wikipedia for "Ground Control Station" for an old pic of an 18 year old me @ the UAV training center "black tower" in Ft Huachuca, AZ.

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Re:How the U.S. Army’s ‘Phaser’ can wipe out an entire fleet... by milesokeefe on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @02:53PM (#12970807)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_control_station

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Re:How the U.S. Army’s ‘Phaser’ can wipe out an entire fleet... by ThrustVectoring on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @02:58PM (#12970875)

Yeah. The solution is likely more along the lines of making the drones cheap and disposable, and fighting these systems with traditional air defense suppression.

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Re:How the U.S. Army’s ‘Phaser’ can wipe out an entire fleet... by SEJeff on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @03:32PM (#12971185)

Very much agreed. I see this "phaser" system as a neat tool that could work along side conventional anti-air such as Patriot batteries to make it pretty difficult to gain air superiority.

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