Army general: THOR has been deployed in combat

By Ethan Sterenfeld / January 12, 2022 at 5:00 PM
The military has forward-deployed a high-powered microwave from the Air Force in the past year to defend fixed sites against drone swarms, an Army official said today. “For the last year, that system has been forward-deployed, in combat, and we’ve been testing and watching it,” Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, head of the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, said at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event. “That might be a good solution for the Army. We’ll see...

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