America'sgrowing arsenal might soon include an anti-drone weapon capable of changing the battlefield.
If there's one thing theRussia/Ukraine war has taught the world, it's that drones are more important than ever before.
The days of traditional conventional combat appear to be going away. Now, countries rely heavily on drones to conductcombatoperations. The United States started the trend during the GWOT, but things are on a totally different level in 2026.
Drones have become a major part of modern warfare. Pictured is an Iranian Shahed drone – one of the most commonly used combat drones in the world. (Photo by ANONYMOUS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Part of the problem with drone warfare is that drones are cheap, but the missiles needed to shoot them down are incredibly expensive. Companies have been rapidly trying to develop tools to take out drones that don't require million dollar missiles to be used.
Buckle up because Raytheon's newest weapon is awesome.
The arms developerannouncedWednesday that it successfully tested the Coyote Block 3NK non-kinetic weapon to smoke drones.
The footage shows the Coyote seemingly dropping drones, including multiple at the same time, clean out of the sky without ease.
Give it a watch below, and let me know your thoughts [email protected].
Raytheon announced the following details about the Coyote:
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