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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

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The concept draws on the same physics as the bola, a weighted throwing weapon used for centuries by South American herders.

The concept draws on the same physics as the bola, a weighted throwing weapon used for centuries by South American herders.

The concept draws on the same physics as the bola, a weighted throwing weapon used for centuries by South American herders.

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