🇨🇳 Chinese NI-HP1000 electromagnetic microwave system for suppressing drone swarms

The NI-HP1000 mobile system, presented by Novasky at the DSA 2026 exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, is a directed-energy microwave weapon designed to counter mass attacks by small unmanned aerial vehicles. The system is built around the integration of radar and electro-optical detection channels with a high-power emitter, creating a closed reconnaissance-to-engagement loop. The NI-R8000D radar operates in the X-band, covering frequencies from 9.2 to 9.8 GHz, and is capable of full 360-degree azimuth coverage with an elevation sector from -5 to +50 degrees. Its stated detection range against a target with a radar cross-section of 0.01 square meters reaches 10 kilometers, which is sufficient for early warning of approaching miniature drones with very small radar and thermal signatures.

The angular accuracy is stated at 0.3 degrees, while range resolution is 5 meters, allowing the system to track up to 512 grouped targets. To verify contacts and eliminate identification ambiguity in complex urban environments, the NI-C5000 electro-optical tracking system is used, integrating a thermal imaging matrix with a resolution of 640 by 512 pixels and a visible-spectrum sensor with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels. The system's laser rangefinder operates at distances from 100 to 4,000 meters, while the stabilized turret provides continuous azimuth rotation and elevation angles from -20 to +85 degrees.

According to the manufacturer, a small UAV measuring 0.3 by 0.3 meters can be reliably detected at a distance of 6 kilometers in the infrared spectrum and 5 kilometers in the visible spectrum. Direct suppression of targets is carried out by the NI-HP1000 microwave module, which provides full azimuth coverage and an elevation guidance sector from -15 to +70 degrees, with an operational range, according to the developer, of no less than 1 kilometer. The antenna scanning mechanism operates at a speed of at least 20 degrees per second. The system's power consumption is limited to 20 kilowatts, implying the use of autonomous power sources or the vehicle chassis power supply. The design allows for at least ten continuous emission cycles, with the maximum duration of one continuous cycle limited to 60 seconds, while recharge time for the energy storage units is less than 30 minutes. This defines the system's operating mode as a close-range protection asset with a cyclical firing pattern.

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🇺🇸🇬🇮🛥 — USS Gerald R. Ford heads west through the Strait of Gibraltar today on her way home after an long deployment - currently 316 days since she left the US.

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🇮🇷⚔️🇺🇸 WAPO: Iran has hit far more U.S. military assets than reported, satellite images show.

Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites across the Middle East since the war began, hitting hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft and key radar, communications and air defense equipment, according to a Washington Post analysis of satellite imagery. The amount of destruction is far larger than what has been publicly acknowledged by the U.S. government or previously reported.

Experts who reviewed The Post’s analysis said the damage at the sites suggested that the U.S. military had underestimated Iran’s targeting abilities, not adapted sufficiently to modern drone warfare and left some bases under-protected.

“The Iranian attacks were precise. There are no random craters indicating misses,” said Mark Cancian, a senior adviser with the CSIS and a retired Marine Corps colonel, who reviewed the Iranian images at The Post’s request.

“The Iranians have deliberately targeted accommodation buildings across multiple sites with the intent to inflict mass casualties,” said William Goodhind, an investigator with the open-access research project Contested Ground who reviewed the imagery. “It is not just equipment, fuel storage and air base infrastructure under fire, but also soft targets, such as gyms, food halls and accommodation.”

The Post also found that the attacks hit a satellite communications site at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, Patriot missile defense equipment at Riffa and Isa air bases in Bahrain and Ali al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait, a satellite dish at the Naval Support Activity Bahrain — which serves as the headquarters of the U.S. 5th Fleet — a power plant at Camp Buehring in Kuwait and five fuel storage bladder sites across three bases.

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