This Is The New U.S. Electronic Warfare Weapon That Was Used To 'Shoot Down' An Alleged Iranian Drone

The drone-jamming and controlling system picture here is similar to the kind seen mounted on the deck of the USS Boxer as it transited the Strait of Hormuz (Dalton S. Swanbeck / Marine Corps)

C4ISRNet: Marine jamming jeep sends unknown drone to the deep

Drone, the catch-all term for uncrewed flying vehicle, descends from a far more specific bit of jargon, once used exclusively to refer to aerial targets. Few aircraft are built for the express purpose of being destroyed, but targets are, and that more casual attitude towards the destruction of aerial robots has expanded to include the whole category of modern uncrewed apparatus. All of this is to say: through some means, forces on board a U.S. Navy vessel had an interaction with a drone, and likely sent it into the sea.

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Update: The New US Electronic Warfare Weapon Used in the Alleged Takedown of Iran's Drone-Report (Sputnik)

WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. After yesterday's downing of an Iranian drone, those who operate drones are going to think twice before approaching a U.S. warship.

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