by In the 18 months since an Iran-backed militia attacked an outpost in Jordan early last year, killing three Army reservists, the Pentagon has been attempting to strengthen drone defenses at foreign sites.
However, in recent months, both Israel and Ukraine have used drones carried far behind enemy lines to target rivals, raising concerns about a possibly wider vulnerability, according to the U.S. military.
Ukraine’s so-called Operation Spider’s Web, which used drones launched from inside Russia to knock out Russian strategic bombers, and an Israeli intelligence agency’s bold and innovative use of drones to launch strikes from inside Iran have demonstrated that the threat to the U.S. military is not limited to foreign countries.
New technology that American defense corporations claim can better intercept drones are being promoted. The firms hope that new drone defenses will be built with the billions of dollars the Pentagon plans to invest in missile defense under the so-called Golden Dome program.
Some modern technologies, such as powerful microwaves, use focused energy to destroy large swarms of drones at once rather than shooting them down one at a time. In preparation for a larger Pentagon expenditure, the military has tested the new microwave system at least twice, once in the Pacific and once in the Middle East.
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