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.
  • YiddishMcSquidishEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It is literally activating the rods and cones based on photons hitting them. Do you think we don’t smell smells either?

    • tate@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      15 hours ago

      The word “see” predates any concept of rods or cones or photons by thousands of years. It has nothing to do with those things.