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		nine_k on March 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Navy to Test Microwave Anti-Drone Weapon at Sea in... Why would it operate on one strictly defined frequency? I would expect several quickly switched, and maybe even a chirp-style sliding frequency pulse, exactly to render narrow-band protections ineffectual.

londons_explore on March 30, 2024 [–]

because the only known way to make very high power microwave emitters, the magnetron, makes only a narrow band.

nine_k on March 30, 2024 | [–]

Makes sense. Add several with different resonance frequencies. This would also make the device degrade more gracefully if one of them dies.

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