Chinese weapons giant develops anti-drone barrage system to counter wartime swarm tactics
Bullet Curtain can also intercept cruise missiles, rockets, mortar shells and aircraft, lending versatility in combat: Norinco designer
The Bullet Curtain system, developed by China’s largest arms maker Norinco, employs a unique “plane-to-point” interception method, creating a wall of projectiles to blanket incoming targets with overlapping firepower.
It was revealed in the April edition of the Norinco publication Modern Weaponry.
“Imagine the target is a fly. The traditional air-defence interception is like throwing stones at the fly continuously … and now the barrage system is like swinging a fly swatter, which covers the entire area where the fly may move,” Yu Bin, the chief designer of the system, said in the report.
“While traditional air-defence weapons only hit at a single point, we are building a canopy capable of countering a saturation attack,” he said.
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The barrage system features a 4x4 tight arrangement of 35mm gun barrels for various types of ammunition to deliver an unprecedented rate of fire while maintaining quick reload capabilities, according to the article.