UK Defence Lab Trials Future of ‘Invisible War’

Published on January 20, 2025

The future of ‘invisible war’ has been trialled by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) using emerging and next generation electromagnetic (EM) concepts.

Announcing the trials, the UK Government said that superiority in EM environments is crucial to modern combat, where overwhelming adversaries by degrading command and control systems can provide battlefield commanders with strategic advantages.

In a demonstration of prototype EM weapons, Dstl’s ‘Spectral Prophet’ trial combined previously separate disciplines, with the Government claiming that this proved emerging EM technology can be integrated in future defence, including both deception and countermeasures.

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