RF: IAI Scorpius Electronic Warfare Beam Energy System

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Unlike robot dogs drones etc meant to murder you,
at least this one is relatively stationary thus mostly defensive.
Perhaps someone will do an RF that can kill the Scorpius.



"Revolution In Warfare" - Israel Unveils New Scorpius Electronic Warfare System

https://www.forbes.com/sites/pauliddon/2021/11/11/israel-unveils-revolutionary-new-scorpius-electronic-warfare-system/

Israel has recognized that the modern battlefield will not be entirely
fought on air, sea, and space. To better prepare for new domains of
warfare, Israel has developed a revolutionary weapon for
electromagnetic warfare.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the country's top aerospace and
aviation manufacturer, has developed the Scorpius family of systems
that scans a sphere of the operating environment for targets and
deploys a narrowly focused beam to interfere with multiple threats
across the electromagnetic spectrum. The high-tech weapon is
categorized under "soft protection" because it doesn't cause physical
harm. Instead, it disrupts the operation of electromagnetic systems,
such as radar, electronic sensors, navigation, and data
communications.

Gideon Fustick, Marketing VP EW Group at IAI, told Forbes, "We call it
[Scorpius family of systems] 'soft protection.' It's an offensive
weapon that doesn't send out missiles. It's not a hard-kill system,"
adding that "it is very effective in engaging and disabling enemy
systems."

Fustick describes the new weapon as having a tremendous advantage over
legacy electromagnetic warfare weapons because it can shoot targeted
beams without interfering with unintended targets. He called this a
"revolution in warfare."

"The enemy is trying to use the electromagnetic domain for all these
activities," he said. "We are also trying to use them. And we're each
trying to deny the other side from the use of the electromagnetic
domain." Planes, drones, missiles, and other weapons of war operate
using electromagnetic magnetic sensors to navigate and communicate -
by denying the enemy access to the electromagnetic domain. It can
severely impair their warfare capability.

"It's the first system that can really detect anything in the sky and
address multiple targets in different directions and different
frequencies simultaneously," Fustick added, noting that previous
electronic warfare technology was not able to engage multiple targets
at once.

Fustick said the Scorpius has already been exported to "several
prominent customers" as the race to dominate the electromagnetic
warfare domain heats up.