According to French media reports, the country's defense technology startup Hamatan Artificial Intelligence (AI) company recently announced a significant technological breakthrough in its GOBI lightweight high-speed anti drone system project. This new anti drone system is designed specifically to address the threat of suicide drones, with technical features such as rapid response and efficient interception. With the widespread application of low-cost and large-scale production drones, the form of modern warfare is undergoing profound changes. To address this challenge, many countries have developed advanced anti drone systems to enhance their defense capabilities against drone threats. The anti drone system mainly consists of two core functions: drone detection and identification, and countermeasure interception. In terms of countermeasures against interception, various technical means are mainly used, including interference blocking, direct destruction, monitoring and control, and signal deception. Among them, direct destruction methods have attracted much attention due to their strong destructive capabilities, including laser weapons, microwave weapons, anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, and missiles. The US military's "Coyote" cruise missile and Iran's 358 cruise missile both use built-in guidance heads to autonomously search and rely on warheads to destroy drone targets. In contrast, the GOBI anti drone system developed by Hamatan AI company uses a guided interception drone to directly impact the target for destruction. Hamatan AI Company was founded in April 2024 and quickly emerged in the defense field with cutting-edge technology. Recently, the company announced that it has successfully won a small drone order worth millions of dollars from a NATO country government, and is expected to complete delivery in mid October. The GOBI anti drone system is a representative product of the company, which has attracted market attention due to its high cost-effectiveness. The anti drone system adopts a compact design, with a length and width of 38 centimeters, a height of 28 centimeters, and a total weight of less than 2 kilograms including batteries. The system is equipped with dual camera module components at the head and uses a four motor driven propeller propulsion system, with a maximum flight speed of 250 kilometers per hour. The outstanding advantage of this system lies in its rapid response capability, which can complete interception tasks for 1 to 3 types of drones within 60 seconds after launch, ranging from quadcopter drones to medium and large drones weighing up to 600 kilograms, with an effective combat radius of 5 kilometers. As an intelligent anti drone platform, this system can be deeply integrated with command and control systems to achieve real-time sharing of battlefield data, accurately identifying enemy drones while reducing the risk of accidental injury. The data shows that the GOBI anti drone system adopts autonomous interception technology, and its workflow is as follows: the supporting monitoring system scans the airspace in real time, identifies and locks on incoming drone targets, and the system automatically launches interception drones, guiding them to dynamically calculated interception points through radio commands. When approaching the target, the intercepting drone autonomously switches to terminal guidance mode, uses airborne infrared guidance heads and computer vision technology to find the best impact point, and uses AI algorithms for real-time trajectory correction to achieve precise impact and intercept the target. Analysts believe that the system adopts a unique warhead free design, relying on precise impact on key components of the target drone (such as rotors, propellers, etc.) to achieve destructive effects. This design can significantly reduce system weight and cost, minimize collateral damage, and is suitable for use in complex environments such as cities. At present, the system has entered the flight testing phase and successfully intercepted the target during the experiment. Of course, there are also some issues with the GOBI anti drone system. For example, the direct impact damage mechanism that the system relies on faces three key challenges: first, it requires high flight control accuracy; Secondly, there is a high demand for impact kinetic energy; Thirdly, the destructive effect is greatly affected by the size and material of the target drone. When facing certain reinforced drones, multiple impacts may be required to ensure destruction. These all need to be verified and resolved through more comprehensive testing and experimentation. (New Society)