KAIST Develops System that Can Electronically Attack Multiple Drones at Once
Via a reader tip from Korean Man comes this news of some pretty cool anti-drone technology being developed by KAIST. Hopefully is works because drones are clearly going to play a major role in future warfare as we are currently getting a preview of in Ukraine:
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Tuesday that its researchers had developed a counter-terror anti-drone technology for use in urban areas.
After finding that drone makers’ control function components have different electromagnetic sensitivity, the research team analyzed the sensitivity-maximizing frequency by drone brand.
With this, the research team proved that the use of narrowband electromagnetic pulse waves can instantly neutralize target drones remotely.
Unlike existing anti-drone technologies, the use of electromagnetic pulse waves with a specific frequency in a narrow bandwidth can minimize the impact on nearby electronic devices.
Even when a group of drones using the same control function components attack, this technology can make the drones fall straight to the ground.
In other words, if 100 enemy drones fly together with 100 ally drones, this technology can take down the enemy drones without influencing ally drones.
Korea Biz Wire
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“different electromagnetic sensitivity”
The author learned their technical English in 1902 from a pamphlet written for housewives.
The modern term is nano quantum synergie.
Well, we certainly hope it works. All of South Korea’s potential adversaries have used drones in military or paramilitary conflicts.
Keep the tank hatches buttoned up anyway.
“After finding that drone makers’ control function components have different electromagnetic sensitivity, the research team analyzed the sensitivity-maximizing frequency by drone brand.”
What does this really mean?
It means if someone wants to use a drone against civilians (crime) or against civilians for political reasons (terror) or against the government (not terror), their plans can be thrarted by…
…by…
…uh…
…knowing what brand of drone they are using?
Sounds like a good reason to have a cashless society where every purchase is tracked so we can… uh… fight terror and drugs and child trafficking and climate change.
Note to militaries: Don’t buy your drones from Aliexpress and make sure to put an extra layer of tinfoil around all control circuits to keep out the pesky ælectromægnetic vapours.