Portable 40mm launcher kills drones by firing 6.5-feet-long steel chains at 80 m/s — German researchers' low-tech mechanical 'bola' outshines textile drops quadcopters without lasers or EMPs

tomshardware.com 2026-05-11 Luke James

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Technologies:40mm launcher steel chain bola finite element analysis Abaqus laser electronic warfare

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Anti-drone technology Mechanical weapon UAV defense German research Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Steel chain weapon Low-tech solution Drone threat Military security Defense technology Ballistics simulation Finite element analysis

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Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a novel anti-drone system inspired by the traditional South American bola, using a mechanical launcher that fires thin s... Read original →

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