Nuclear Engineer Reveals the Weapon That KILLS Drone Swarms | Official Preview

TL;DR

A nuclear engineer previews Leonitis, a drone-swarm countermeasure that intercepts and captures drones intact, allowing forensic tracing of their origins.

Key Points

• 1.Barksdale Air Force Base was repeatedly surveilled by drone swarms with no effective response. Waves of 12 drones at a time flew over the nuclear-armed base near Shreveport, Louisiana for nearly a week and were reportedly impervious to jamming.
• 2.The Leonitis system is designed to neutralize drone swarms without destroying them. By bringing drones down intact, the system preserves onboard computers for forensic analysis, allowing operators to trace where the drones originated.
• 3.Bureaucratic inertia is the primary obstacle to deploying anti-drone technology at nuclear bases. Despite top-level directives, a 'frozen middle' of mid-level implementers clings to lengthy peacetime acquisition and testing processes, delaying deployment.
• 4.2026 is projected as the breakout year for Leonitis and its sister system Eperis. The scalable Leonitis platform — first prototyped during COVID with large antennas and limited elements — has evolved and is positioned for real battlefield deployment at bases, stadiums, and high-threat venues.