Brit soldiers tune radio waves to fry drone swarms for pennies

British soldiers have successfully taken down drones with a radio-wave weapon. The demonstrator weapon, a type of RF Directed Energy Weapon (RF DEW), uses high-frequency radio waves to disrupt the electronic components inside drones, resulting in the devices malfunctioning. “RF DEW systems can defeat airborne targets at ranges of up to 1 km and are effective against threats which cannot be jammed using electronic warfare,” the Ministry of Defense said.

The MOD believes the system, which it estimates costs 10p per shot fired, “could provide a cost-effective complement to traditional missile-based air defense systems.”