U.S. Army tests high-powered microwave system in live-fire exercise during Balikatan 2025

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This year’s drills are historic in scale, involving over 14,000 troops and several new advanced weapons and focus on simulating “full-scale battle scenarios” with China.

U.S. Army tests high-powered microwave system in live-fire exercise during Balikatan 2025

This marked the first use of the IFPC-HPM in the Indo-Pacific and its first test in a tropical environment. The IFPC-HPM is a Directed Energy weapon designed to emit microwave energy to disrupt, disable or destroy unmanned aerial systems (UAS), especially groups or swarms of drones. The 1MDTF became the first Army unit to field the IFPC-HPM in February 2024 and has since tested it in various conditions. FS-LIDS, which has seen operational use in…

Last Tuesday, April 29, the U.S. company Epirus has reported that it has completed the delivery of the first prototype of the new microwave system against exDECS drones to the Dahlgren Division of the Naval Surface War Center, having as final destination the U.S. Marine Corps. Accorde has been reported, it is a new armament developed from the base of the Leonidas expeditionary system manufactured by the company, being constituted as an effective…

U.S. Unleashes High-Power Microwave Weapon Near China During Joint Military Drills With Philippines

In a significant escalation of joint military capabilities in the Indo-Pacific, the United States Army deployed and tested a high-powered microwave weapon during the Balikatan 2025 joint military drills with the Philippines. This marks the first deployment of the advanced… The post U.S. Unleashes High-Power Microwave Weapon Near China During Joint Military Drills With Philippines appeared first on The Asia Live.