Article PRPX Anti-drone 'death ray' can blast vehicles out of the sky from a mile away

Anti-drone 'death ray' can blast vehicles out of the sky from a mile away

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Sam Thielman
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People could use it to disable hobbyists' drones but Liteye's Anti-UAV Defense System has practical applications for law enforcement and government too

A team of British technology firms has developed a "death ray" for drones that can knock an unmanned aerial vehicle out of the sky by turning it off in midair up to a mile away.

"If I can see it, I can kill it," said Rick Sondag, executive vice-president of Liteye Systems, which sells the device, at the Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Expo in Las Vegas this week.

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