Russia’s Rostech Corporation is to unveil a super-high frequency weapon capable of taking down all kinds of drones, missiles and other high precision weapons. The presentation will be made at the Army-2015 military expo.
The Mosow Radio Engineering Institute has developed a super-high
frequency (SHF) ‘cannon’. It’s designed to knock out aircraft,
drones, guided missiles and any airborne high precision weapons
using electronics.
The cannon creates an air-exclusion zone within a reported radius
of over 10 kilometers around the defended object or installation,
though the system’s exact characteristics are classified.
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“This mobile microwave irradiation complex performs
off-frequency rejection of electronics aboard low-altitude aerial
targets and warheads of high precision weapons,” a source in
Rostech Corporation told TASS, adding this system puts close
range air defenses on a whole new level.
“In terms of performance capabilities, the complex has no
competitors in the world,” the source said. All the
equipment is mounted on a tracked Buk missile air defense
transportation platform.
“When installed on a special platform, an SHF ‘cannon’
provides all-around defense,” the source said, adding the
complex is also planned to be used to test domestic-made military
radio-electronic systems for resistance against high-power
microwave radiation.
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The SHF ‘cannon’ will be unveiled in the classified area of
Army-2015 expo, an international military forum that will take
place at the ‘Patriot’ military amusement park outside Moscow
between June 16 and 19.
In April this year, the US Navy released a video detailing its
LOCUST technology – a new tool allowing multiple drones to
coordinate and swarm the enemy. Reportedly, it’s designed to
protect large US vessels. However, when armed with warheads they
turn into offensive weapons.
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An attack of a squadron of drones on a defended installation
makes the task of taking them out really troublesome and
resource-consuming for existing air defense systems.
The out-of-band 360-degree radiation suppression by an SHF
‘cannon’ looks like a universal solution for maintaining secure
air defense against swarming drone attacks.