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US army vehicles could be equipped with jammers that prevent drones from flying nearby, cannons and machine guns for shooting drones out of the sky, and launchers capable of deploying special drones that destroy other drones in mid-air

The US Army’s Mobile-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Integrated Defense System requires two vehicles Spc. Damian Mioduszewski/US Army

The US Army’s Mobile-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Integrated Defense System requires two vehicles

Spc. Damian Mioduszewski/US Army

The US Army plans to turn individual ground vehicles into drone-destroying machines, as militaries worldwide scramble to protect their troops from small aerial threats. The reason for such urgency can be found in viral social media videos showing small drones bombing armoured vehicles and dropping grenades on individual soldiers across the front lines of the war in Ukraine.

The US Army has put out a formal document asking defence contractors for information on upgrading its …

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