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| Israeli army examining purchase of wearable anti-drone device |
| 2020-08-07 |
| [Ynet] - The Israeli army and police are considering the purchase of personal anti-drone systems manufactured by Israeli company SKYLOCK, part of the Avnon Group. The growing threat posed by hostile UAVs and the need to neutralize them from afar has resulted in a race to create personal devices to curb unauthorized drones, products that were previously only installed on vehicles. SKYLOCK's wearable system weighs only 1.5 kilograms and has already been sold to the U.S. Army and NATO forces. According to SKYLOCK, the system, which is worn like a vest, is capable of neutralizing any drone within one kilometer of the device. 1 km only gives a small level of confidence The device includes a drone detector and an anti-drone jammer, which its operators can determine whether to use after they are notified by the system of a UAV in their vicinity. A single device is priced at $50,000. Israel defense powerhouses Rafael, Elbit and Elta, a division in the Israel Aerospace Industries, all currently sell anti-drone products, but they are much heavier and cover greater distances. They are usually installed on buildings as a defense mechanism for strategic locations, while SKYLOCK's device is meant for mobile forces, like a presidential guard or special army units. Maybe the plans to retire all the fly-boys are, a bit, premature? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #5 Who carries the batteries to power it for any practical time? |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-08-07 20:11 |
| #4 A couple of Cessnas and a fish net to go trolling. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2020-08-07 13:04 |
| #3 I toyed with the idea of inducing a current surge in any 555 IC type timers, to speed up any clock driven controller circuits for navigation, az, el, throttle, etc. Even got to the point of buying a RC controller set, then my ADHD kicked in and it didn't go any where. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-08-07 12:53 |
| #2 Anything that operates on a recieved signal can be jammed. You just need to know the frequency. Drones, GPS, remote vehicles, handheld radios. Makes he wonder if there's a niche here for a portable MASER (microwave freq. laser; actually invented before lasers) to kill recievers... |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2020-08-07 11:50 |
| #1 capable of neutralizing any drone or pacemaker within one kilometer of the device. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-08-07 08:19 |