{"id":117377,"date":"2021-07-12T07:04:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T07:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=117377"},"modified":"2021-07-12T07:04:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T07:04:28","slug":"laser-powered-anti-drone-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/laser-powered-anti-drone-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Laser-powered anti-drone system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question : Which country has tested a laser-powered anti-drone system in July 2021 with a view to successfully conduct the 2024 Olympics ?<br><\/strong>a. Russia<br>b. USA<br>c. Japan<br>d. France<br><strong>Ans. d.<br>Related facts &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France has tested a laser-powered anti-drone system in July 2021 with a view to successfully conduct the 2024 Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Location &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The test, conducted near the Atlantic coast in southwestern France, was a first for Europe, adding that the United States and Israel were also working on similar &#8220;Star Wars&#8221;-inspired weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Plan &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France plans to use the system, developed by local startup firm Cilas with public funds, to protect military bases and nuclear plants, as well as major events, against small low-flying drones that can escape radar detection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Test &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The prototype tested on July can detect lightweight commercial drones from a distance of up to 3 km (1.8 miles), track them and destroy them once they approach within 1 km of the canon.<\/li><li>Its laser ray is one million times more powerful than the one used by QR code readers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8212; Pankaj Pandey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/france-tests-laser-powered-anti-drone-system-2024-olympics-2021-07-07\/\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/france-tests-laser-powered-anti-drone-system-2024-olympics-2021-07-07\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question : Which country has tested a laser-powered anti-drone system in July 2021 with a view to successfully conduct the 2024 Olympics ?a. Russiab. USAc. Japand. FranceAns. d.Related facts &#8212; France has tested a laser-powered anti-drone system in July 2021 with a view to successfully conduct the 2024 Olympics. Location &#8212; The test, conducted near [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":117393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1123],"tags":[3067],"class_list":["post-117377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-snes","tag-scientific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117395,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117377\/revisions\/117395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}