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U.S. Army’s High Energy Laser Mobile Test Truck can destroy UAVs, quad-copters and even laptops

Posted on May 20, 2016May 19, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command brought its High Energy Laser Mobile Test Truck to Fort Sill, Oklahoma in April and the test bed was able to shot down “a large number of UAVs and quad-copters” plus a laptop.

said Adam Aberle, High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator program manager, U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command and Army Forces Strategic Command Technical Center, holds up a unmanned aerial vehicle displaying the damage caused by a compact laser weapons system during the during the Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment, at Fort Sill April 21.(photo by Monica K. Guthrie) — said Adam Aberle, High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator program manager, U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command and Army Forces Strategic Command Technical Center, holds up a unmanned aerial vehicle displaying the damage caused by a compact laser weapons system during the during the Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment, at Fort Sill April 21.(photo by Monica K. Guthrie)

Soldier shoots at Apache with live rounds

Posted on May 19, 2016May 19, 2016 by alert5

A AH-64 attack helicopter taking part in an exercise at the National Training Center in the Mojave Desert was forced to land after a soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord damage the rotor-craft with live rounds.

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Pentagon’s 2016 China Military Power report

Posted on May 15, 2016May 15, 2016 by alert5

The Pentagon has published its latest report on China’s military power on May 13. This year’s report is notable for its extensive coverage of Chinese military activities in South China Sea.

Watch Kurdish militia down Turkish AH-1 with Igla MANPADS

Posted on May 15, 2016May 15, 2016 by alert5

A Turkish AH-1 attack helicopter was shot down in the mountains of southeastern Turkey on May 13 and now a video has surfaced showing a fighter with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) using a 9K38 Igla (NATO: SA-18) MANPADS to down the rotor-craft.

Textron is testing Shadow M2 UAV upgrade

Posted on April 30, 2016April 30, 2016 by alert5

Textron is working on an upgrade of its Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle that will allow the RQ-7 to gain some capabilities that are currently limited to larger UAVs such as the MQ-1.

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