Kudala sazi ukuthi onjiniyela nososayensi bakaHulumeni wase-United States basebenzela iMpi Yezwe kuphrojekthi lapho kuhloswe ngayo ukuthuthukisa isikhali se-laser ekwazi ukudubula phansi ama-drones endaweni encane yesikhathi, iphrojekthi ebonakala ngathi iqala ukuthela izithelo ngokolwazi lwakamuva olushicilelwe.
Ukungena emininingwaneni ethe xaxa, le phrojekthi yenziwa ezikhungweni zomunye wabahlinzeki abajwayelekile be-United States Army njengale Lockheed Martin, okufanayo okudale lokho ababhapathize ngakho Athena, isikhali se-laser esinamandla se Amandla angama-kilowatts angama-30 ukuthi manje, ngemuva kwezinyanga eziningi zentuthuko, enguqulweni yayo yakamuva, iyakwazi adubule phansi Drone ngemizuzwana embalwa nje.
Isikhali se-laser se-US Army sikwazi ukudubula phansi ama-drones amakhulu ngemizuzwana embalwa nje
Ukwenza lokhu kuthuthukiswa kwenzeke, sikhuluma ngeqiniso lokuthi isikhathi esathathwa ukudubula phansi i-drone maphakathi nendiza sincishisiwe safinyelela cishe kuhhafu, onjiniyela basebenzise i-turbo generator entsha eyenziwe yinkampani yakwaRoll-Royce. Njengemininingwane, ngikutshele ukuthi ama-drones asetshenziselwa ukwenza ukuvivinywa kwalesi sikhali se-laser ezimotweni ezinkulu, ezimbalwa Amamitha angu-3,3 ukusuka esihlokweni kuye ekugcineni kwempiko ngakho akuyona i-quadcopter ejwayelekile yokuhweba esiyijwayele.
Njengoba kuphawuliwe UKeoki jackson, Umqondisi wamanje wezobuchwepheshe ngaphakathi kweLockheed Martin yamazwe omhlaba:
Njengoba ubuchwepheshe bezinhlelo zesikhali se-laser bukhula futhi busebenza ngempumelelo, sisondela ekwakheni isikhali esizohlinzeka ngokuvikelwa okuhle kakhulu kubalwi bethu, ngokulahla izinsongo ezikude.