The US Navy will experience powerful microwave weapons. The main goal is China's drones and rockets

The US military is convinced that the microwave will be able to cope not only with small commercial drones, but also with anti -ship ballistic missiles. The US Navy plans to establish a prototype of a powerful microwave to combat UAV on one of the ships in 2026. The system will be developed as part of the Project Meteor program, Usni News reports.

According to the budget documents of the Navy for 2025, the Metheor microwave installation will provide low -cost shot, tactically significant range, short -term damage to several goals, the possibility of double deception and damage. This installation will be the first powerful energy-sharing system that the army, the fleet and the air forces are tested to counteract cheap drones. Unlike other direct -power systems used by the Navy, the Meteor prototype will use another target damage mechanism.

Instead of a focused light beam, microwave energy will be used to harm electronics within the target. The Navy believes that this mechanism will be useful for the defeat of anti-ship ballistic missiles similar to those that are in service with the missile forces of the People's Liberation Army of China.

"Currently, the combined forces suffer from the lack of reserve, stable options for rigid/soft lesions against the plaque of anti -ship ballistic missiles," the budget documents for the 2025 financial year reads. -"This issue is especially acute in the area of ​​responsibility of the Indo-Pacific Command of the United States. The problem is vast geographical distances and actions of the enemy.

" The Navy has another project for the development of microwave weapons aimed at solving the problems of missile defense in the Pacific. HPM (HIGH-Powered Microwave) systems will also be useful at other military theaters such as the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Next year, the Navy will conduct a series of functional tests of different subsystems developed under past programs before integrating them into the so -called test stand for high -power microwave systems.

The fleet will also begin to change the design of the prototype of the equipment to prepare it for integration with the ship. But first, engineers will have to measure to find the right place on the surface so that the system does not interfere with the ship's sensors or other systems. In addition to Meteor, the Navy also plans to test a high-energy laser laser laser laser laser laser laser system next year, developed in the ASCM project to counteract high-energy lasers known as HelCap.

Another type of weapon system is laser. The US Navy is currently using two different powerful laser systems on its ships. The Laser Weapon System MK 2 MOD 0 150 kW is located on board the USS Portland (LPD-27) of San Antonio, and a high-energy laser with a capacity Ships "Proper" (DDG-88). Eight more Eminers of the Arleigh-Burke class are equipped with an Optical Dazzler Interdictor Navy (Odin), which is used for counterintelligence, observation and reconnaissance against drones.