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AFRL THOR

Tactical high-power microwave demonstrator · US Air Force Research Laboratory / BAE Systems / Leidos · US

Tactical High-power Operational Responder: a containerized high-power microwave demonstrator built to defeat drone swarms for base defense. Completed overseas operational assessment and informed follow-on US microwave weapon programmes.

Specifications

Effect

AFRL THOR — Effect
Specification	Value
Method	High-power microwave, wide-arc electronic defeat
Engagement	Swarm-class targets simultaneously (public)

AFRL THOR — Platform
Specification	Value
Form	20-ft shipping-container form factor (public)
Setup	Rapidly emplaceable, generator powered

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AFRL THOR vs Epirus Leonidas

High-power microwave is the leading candidate for defeating drone swarms economically, and these are the two systems the US has actually fielded or operationally assessed. Leonidas's solid-state architecture against THOR's containerized demonstrator marks the technology's path to a program of record.

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