microwave weapon – The Defense Post

May- 2026 -

4 May

ThinKom Unveils ‘Alecto’ High-Power Microwave Weapon to Take Down Drone Swarms

In a battlefield increasingly shaped by drone swarms, California’s ThinKom Solutions is responding with a new high-power microwave system designed to counter coordinated unmanned threats.

Mar- 2026 -

12 March

Americas

Master Sgt. Bradley Blair, senior enlisted leader, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, Office of the Dean, completes an exercise in a T-6A Texan II virtual reality flight simulator while wearing a cap that measures brain activity after applying a cervical transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation, or ctVNS, device to his neck during a test at the Human Universal Measurement and Assessment Network Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, May 19, 2023. Researchers with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Human Effectiveness Directorate developed a military-grade ctVNS device to enhance cognitive performance in Airmen and Guardians, specifically to accelerate training, mitigate fatigue and enable decision superiority. USAFSAM and the Human Effectiveness Directorate are two mission units that comprise AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

Rojoef Manuel

US Tests Suspected Weapon Tied to Havana Syndrome in Secret Lab Experiments

The US has obtained and tested a suspected directed-energy weapon that investigators believe could help explain the controversial illness known as Havana Syndrome.

Feb- 2026 -

10 February

Asia Pacific

Ethan M. Encarnacion

China Announces ‘Starlink Killer’ Microwave Weapon, Says It Can Fire 60-Second Bursts

A high-power microwave weapon is reportedly being developed in China as a potential solution to large constellations of low-orbit satellites, with Beijing describing it as “Starlink’s worst nightmare.”

Jan- 2026 -

15 January

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Inder Singh Bisht

Epirus Demos First Directed-Energy Takedown of Jam-Proof Fiber-Optic Drone

Epirus has demonstrated the first neutralization of a fiber-optic-guided drone using its Leonidas high-power microwave system, highlighting a potential non-kinetic counter to platforms immune to electronic-warfare effects.

7 January

Asia Pacific

Joe Saballa

New Details Surface on China’s Truck-Mounted Hurricane 3000 Microwave Weapon

China is slowly lifting the curtain on the Hurricane 3000, a truck-mounted high-power microwave weapon designed to counter drones at ranges that allegedly exceed comparable US systems.

Sep- 2025 -

2 September

Americas