You don’t always need a shotgun to kill a drone. Not when you can jam it using this rifle-sized device that the Army Cyber Institute at West Point demoed at the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition. This particular device was built using a Raspberry Pi, WiFi radio, and antenna to target vulnerable drones.
ACI uses a field expedient cyber tool to disable an enemy mobile observation post (quadcopter) @AUSAorg @ARCYBER pic.twitter.com/zl1m3hELQl
— Army Cyber Institute (@ArmyCyberInst) October 12, 2015
Such a solution does not sound too expensive to make, but it could be a lifesaver for soldiers.
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