The new ECM systems can help improve the drone's survivability. The Storm Shield system. It is an adaptable ECM system. That fits into many platforms. The system can turn drones much more dangerous than ever before. In the same way as the table-sized GPU-based computers. That can run complex codes can bring new independence to drone systems. This means that ECM and drones are the ultimate combination. And the defense is far behind what it should be.
The problem with the defense is always simple. All defense systems are planned. To use against large targets. Small-sized drones that operate as swarms can be tools. That suppresses air defense very effectively. The drone swarms require larger carriers. So the large-sized drones can deliver those drones over the target areas. The purpose of those drones is to carry the miniature drones into strike distance.
Similar systems, like the Storm Shield, can be modified to communicate with drone swarms. The high-flying aircraft can search for drones using AI-boosted visual, infrared, and radar scanners. In some visions, the drone-based ECM can include a miniature version of the “Doomsday Airplane”. The flying USB stick that can reprogram other drones.
There is a possibility that Russia tries to redirect Ukrainian drones to Finland and the Baltic on purpose. That can happen by using falsified location information. This means that they replace the GPS or Starlink. By using GLONASS signals. Another way. It could be that Russia tries to hack the guidance consoles.
So they try to take drones under their control. Or when drones turn in a certain direction. They put the jammers on. This should cause a situation. That those drones continue in a straight direction. Or in some scenarios, Russians try to slip their own drones into those drone swarms. That. Those drones seem to come from Ukraine.
Could Russia make things like fast-reacting hacking? Maybe, maybe not. But they might try those things.
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The problem with drone defense is this. There are so many drones. The air defense can use all its ammunition. In some scenarios, drones are used. To force. The air defense is to shoot all its ammunition. The rockets and missiles are good tools. But the problem is. The limited number of ammunition. Laser systems and drones are the tools. That can make a better defense.
The drone can also carry lasers. Or a so-called EMP-bomb. The EMP bomb that is installed in drones can destroy the air defense. The EMP systems don’t necessarily require explosives or nuclear blasts. The system. It can use the technology. That was created for the CERN LHC accelerator.
The high-power microwave, HPM bomb, is the tool that can break almost all electronics in the target area.
The system loads capacitors. And then. It releases that energy as a radio or microwave burst. In those cases, the explosives can press the battery or capacitor to maximize the energy load. But that is not necessary.
The laser weapon can be installed on a high-flying drone. The lasers or EMP. Are tools. That can also destroy wire-optical drones. The EMP. That comes. From below. It can burn the microchips from the drones. The EMP can affect entire drone swarms. But if those beams hit the electric lines, they can cause a dangerous voltage spike.
The high-power capacitors can be used. To create the high-power radio impulse that switches all electric systems off. The system is being used. Basically, similar technology. CERN uses its Large Hadron Collider, LHC. The system loads capacitors. And then it aims the high-power electromagnetic impulse, radio waves, or microwaves at the target. In the same way. The drone can use an EMP to shut down the defense.
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/hpm.htm
https://interestingengineering.com/military/electronic-warfare-tech-unmanned-systems-operation
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/e-bomb-peril-high-power-microwave-weapons
http://www.superconductors.org/emp-bomb.htm
