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Russia Builds Microwave Weapon To Take Down Enemy Drones (thestack.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The Russian government is backing a military research project to develop a powerful microwave-based weapon designed to take out unmanned enemy drones from up to half a mile away. The country's United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) created the microwave gun specifically to disrupt the electronics of enemy missiles. Using the ultra-high frequency waves the weapon can completely disable aircraft communications, resulting in loss of control. The destructive rays, which belong to a group of warfare technologies known as directed-energy weapons (DEW), will be emitted from surface-to-air Buk missile systems. Military analyst Alexander Perendzhiyev noted that the new weapon would be particularly effective against systems carrying microelectronic equipment. He also suggested that the impact of the radio-electronic waves could even be deadly to humans -- and referred to potential use against terrorists.
Kick them out. If they have to leave Syria, they can go to neighboring Arab or Muslim countries, where at least their rape culture would be understood by their neighbors, or where they wouldn't dare do it in the first place. Any of Syria's neighborhood countries - Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iran - would be good
A civilian committing a crime, even a capital offense, is still a civilian. The issue you refer to is not really related to the one being discussed. It should obviously go without saying that mass murder is not the answer.