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Meet โ€œTHOR,โ€ the Air Forceโ€s New Drone-Killing Microwave Gun

Itโ€s built to negate swarms of drones,โ€ said Program Manager Amber Anderson. โ€œWe want to drop many of them at one time without a single leaker getting through.โ€ U.S. military bases across the globe may soon have a New Mexico-made, high-powered microwave weapon at their disposal to instantaneously down swarms of enemy drones. The U.S.