The forum “Army-2017” was presented a lot of novelties from different manufacturers. Attended the event representatives of “Kalashnikov”, demonstrated their development. Among other things, was presented to the electromagnetic gun REX 1, is designed to destroy unmanned aerial vehicles. The weapon was developed by specialists of the company Zala Aero Group, a member of the group.
This gun can knock out any drone that is in the line of sight of the shooter. The weapon has a socket for mounting lights, sights, sights, and other equipment. In addition, it features a built-in battery, providing continuous and Autonomous operation of the gun for three hours.
In the filling REX 1 includes a built-in reduction unit capable of jamming GPS signals, Russian GLONASS, Chinese BeiDou and the European Galileo in the radius of five kilometers, and can block the signals of GSM, 3G, LTE and make noise on the frequencies 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz Or 5.2–5.8 GHz.
The gun does not damage the devices physically, so the signal is lost the copter just falls to the ground.
“Kalashnikov” introduced a electromagnetic gun for the destruction of drones
Vyacheslav Larionov