Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua noho ngā waka rererangi o te hoariri hei whakawehi nui i runga i te papa whawhai, ā, e tūmanako ana te ope moana o te UU ka taea e tētahi taiaho i runga i te tuanui te whakautu. Ko tōna hōtaka Air Defense Directed Energy On-the-Move, e mōhiotia nuitia ana ko GBAD, e āhei ai ngā kaiwhakahaere ki te whakatere noa i te patu ki tētahi ūnga. Ka kitea ana ngā waka rererangi, ka taea e ia te kopere atu ki te rangi mā tētahi taiaho kaha. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ka taea e te pūnaha te kite me te whai i ngā waka rererangi, kātahi ka pupuhi atu ki te rangi mā te whakamahi i tētahi taiaho 30kw. 'Kei te whakapono matou ka taea e matou te whakakotahi i enei waahanga katoa ki roto i te kohinga he iti rawa ki te kawe i runga i nga waka ngawari me te kaha ki te aukati i enei riri,' e kii ana a Brig. Gen. Kevin Killea, te tumuaki tuarua o te rangahau moana me te rangatira rangatira, te Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. Kei te hangaia te pūnaha GBAD mō te whakamahi i runga i ngā waka taikaha marama pērā i te Humvee me Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. Ko te tūmanako o te ope moana ka whakarato te pūnaha i tētahi atu utu utu ki te kaha patu tuku iho ki te pupuri i ngā waka rererangi ā-iwi (UAV) mai i te aroturuki me te arotahi ki nga Marines i runga i te whenua. 'Ka taea e tatou te tumanako ka kaha ake te whakamahi a o tatou hoariri i nga UAV me o taatau ope whakatere ki te aro atu ki taua whakawehi e piki haere ana,' i kii a Col. William Zamagni, te rangatira o te Tari Whakahaere Whakahaere Whakahaere me te Whakataetae i te Terrorism o ONR. Kua whakamahia kē ētahi o ngā wāhanga o te pūnaha i roto i ngā whakamātautau ki te kimi me te whai i ngā UAV o ngā rahi katoa. I te mutunga o te tau, ka whakamātauria e ngā kairangahau te pūnaha katoa ki ngā whāinga mā te whakamahi i tētahi taiaho 10kW hei taiaho ki tētahi taiaho 30kW. 'Ka hoatu e te GBAD ki te Marine Corps te kaha ki te aro atu ki te riri UAV i runga i te pai, i te wa roa me te taiao me nga ope whakapae kaha. 'Ko te GBAD e whakamahia ana i roto i te mahi UAV, ko te timatanga noa iho o tana whakamahinga me te whakatuwhera i etahi atu waahanga mo nga ope whakatere a meake nei.' Kua whakamahia kē ētahi o ngā wāhanga o te pūnaha i roto i ngā whakamātautau ki te kimi me te whai i ngā UAV o ngā rahi katoa. Hei te mutunga o te tau, ka whakamātauria e ngā kairangahau te pūnaha katoa ki...
I hangaia mō te whakamahi i ngā waka ā-ringa māmā pēnei i te Humvee. Kua oti kē ngā whakamātautau tuatahi me ngā taiaho mana iti. Ko te pūnaha 30kW e tūmanakohia ana kia rite mō te whakamātautau ā-rohe i te tau 2016.