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Anti Drone System: The method of war has now completely changed. Now the war is not being fought on the borders but with technology. Small drones have become the biggest threat in the sky. But South Africa has found a solution to this. A company there has created an ‘all-in-one’ system. Its name is Triad. This is no ordinary machine. It runs with the help of AI. She herself searches for the enemy and decides to kill her. In this, radar and weapons are installed on the same vehicle. This system tells how the future war will be. Now not humans but AI will decide which weapon to fire.
Nowadays anti-drone systems are very heavy. Radar is different and weapon is different. But Triad has eliminated this problem. It has been made by South African company Centauri Technologies. They have combined radar and sensors together. All this fits on a single vehicle. This means it is easy to carry anywhere. This system works very fast in the battlefield. It also has a command and control system. That means the soldier does not need to take orders from anywhere else. The operator sitting in the vehicle can see everything.
The biggest strength of this system is its AI. Radar and radio frequency sensors are installed in the triad. Apart from this, it also has electro-optical cameras. All these work together. Radar keeps an eye on 360 degrees. As soon as a drone is seen, AI becomes active. Often radar birds are mistaken for drones. But Triad’s AI is very smart. It differentiates between real and fake. This system removes ‘false positives’. With this, the real threat is identified much faster.
The Triad not only watches but also kills. It has no shortage of weapons. It chooses weapons according to the danger. It is fitted with a 7.62 mm light machine gun. Apart from this, there is also a 40 mm grenade launcher. If the threat is big then 113 mm cannon is also present. This is a moving fort. It can stop small drones to big air attacks. Each weapon is for a different type of threat. It provides ‘tailor made’ firepower. That means, like the enemy, like the weapon.
The most surprising thing is its way of working. When a drone arrives, the AI scans it. He sees how great the danger is. Then he gives advice to the operator. If the drone is small then it will ask to operate the machine gun. If the drone is large then would suggest a grenade launcher or cannon. The company’s Chief Product Officer Xander Lau explained this. He said that this system creates a list of threats. It tells itself which weapon would be best to attack with. The operator just has to obey the AI.
Recently the Triad was put to a tough test. Many ‘proof-of-concept’ trials were conducted. The system performed brilliantly in these tests. The radar tracked targets in the air. The cameras identified them. And the weapons killed them. Xander Lau said that we have rectified the shortcomings of the system. These tests were to show that the machine was ready. This is the same system that finds and destroys drones. It all happens simultaneously and very fast.
