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On a remote weapons range in far western New South Wales, technicians test-fire a lethal but invisible laser to bring down an unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, in what’s believed to be the first demonstration of its kind on Australian soil. Key points: A directed-energy (DE) weapon concentrates large amounts of …

U.S. Special Forces are acquiring small drones equipped with electronic jammers under a program known as Project Hornet. Scant details of this previously unknown project are given in a Pentagon budget document. The RQ-11 Raven Unmanned Aerial Vehicle used by U.S. Special Forces can take various payloads and is … …