America revealed the ultimate weapon against unmanned aircraft

The unmanned aircraft have become a major threat on the battlefield and the US Navy hopes, a new laser weapon of theirs can solve this problem.

The ultimate weapon against American drones

The device named GBAD was built to be installed on light combat vehicles, such as Humvee military vehicles or combined light combat vehicles.

The operator simply needs to point GBAD towards the target. When detecting unmanned aircraft, this device will fire a high-energy laser beam, enough to knock them out of the sky.

The US Navy hopes that the GBAD system will become an affordable alternative to traditional firepower, preventing enemy drones (UAVs) from tracking and attacking ground troops. .

"We surmise that our enemies will increasingly use more UAVs and our seconded forces will have to deal with that growing threat. GBAD provides the naval forces with resistance to threats from UAV in an effective, sustainable and organic way for hard-working seconded forces.

The deployment of GBAD in its anti-UAV role is only the beginning of its use, because the device has a myriad of possibilities to support future combat forces , " Navy Colonel William Zamagni stressed. .

US authorities have revealed that some components of the GBAD system have been used in the detection and tracking tests of unmanned aircraft of all sizes.

US Navy researchers are expected to test the entire system against targets with a powerful 10kW laser flow by the end of the year, a premise to develop a system that uses a powerful laser up to 30kW in 2016. .