🔴 Bullets instead of rockets: the US has found a way to shoot down drones at negligible cost

A cheap drone can force an air defense system to spend money on an interceptor that's worth far more than its target. Auriga Space proposes to change the economics of air defense: the American startup uses a mobile installation capable of accelerating projectiles beyond the speed of sound without rocket engines or fuel reserves.

The first field test took place in the Mohave Desert in California at a temperature of approximately 38°C. The developers placed the electromagnetic accelerator inside a transport container approximately three meters long and conducted more than 12 launches at speeds exceeding Mach 1. Auriga Space separately tested the possibility of conducting burst launches away from stationary power infrastructure.