Leonidas Cannon
As the practice of many modern local conflicts has shown, even the simplest civilian drones equipped with improvised explosive devices can become an effective weapon in the right hands – which, by the way, is not so easy to resist.
Therefore, the company Epirus (USA) has developed a compact microwave emitter Leonidas to combat drones. The principle of its operation in many ways resembles a directional microwave oven, although very high power.
Leonidas Cannon
Digital beamforming guarantees accurate targeting. Leonidas can work both on single drones in the narrow beam mode, and on group targets in the wide beam mode. Among the advantages of the system, it is worth noting its compactness, the time to bring it into combat readiness in a few minutes, as well as the ability to make up to 1000 electronic "shots" per second at single and group targets. At the same time, the operator is completely safe. The US Department of Defense is already preparing for mass purchases of the system after successful tests, during which Leonidas destroyed all 66 test drones out of 66 launched.
