Apr 23, 2026 – 1.26pm
When Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy unveiled a new counter-drone system this week, he reached for Star Wars imagery to describe a laser capable of taking out objects as small as a 10-cent piece travelling at 100 kilometres an hour.
Conroy’s words evoked a battlefield far removed from Gallipoli, where today’s soldiers use autonomous systems mounted on armoured vehicles to track and destroy swarms of drones.
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