Air Force Buys Mysterious Israeli Weapon to Kill ISIS Drones

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 Air Force Buys Mysterious Israeli Weapon to Kill ISIS Drones
A member of the Iraqi Special Forces shoots his machine gun at an Islamic State militant drone n the al-Barid district in Mosul, Iraq on Dec. 18, 2016.

    By Marcus Weisgerber Read bio
    Ben Watson Read bio

February 23, 2017
 

What is this secret weapon? Pentagon officials aren’t saying, but here are some clues.

The U.S. Air Force awarded a mysterious contract to an Israeli firm for equipment to counter small drones like the ones used by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

But service officials will not disclose the type of system and whether it uses electronic jamming, conventional missiles, a combination of both, or some other method to down enemy drones.

http://www.defenseone.com/business/2017/02/air-force-buys-mysterious-israeli-weapon-kill-isis-drones/135620/?oref=d-mostread

[Smokin Joe]

Non-kinetic`kills must involve EM or other countermeasures to render the drone useless, likely communication failure or frying onboard systems. If the system detects and drops the drones, all the better. Beats a lot of stuff (rounds that missed) flying around downrange, especially in environments where there are likely friendlies or civilians downrange.

I have little doubt that there are other folks in the world who would want that system as well, some not on the 'nice' list.