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Japan Has Successfully Used Drones to Trigger and Guide Lightning Strikes — Announcing a New Era of Storm Control

Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has successfully developed and tested the world’s first drone-based system capable of triggering and guiding lightning. Between December 2024 ...
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NTT creates a drone that triggers and catches lightning – then keeps flying

Japanese tech conglomerate NTT has created a drone that triggers lightning, is then struck by a heavenly bolt it instigated, and survives the experience – all in the name of preventing damage from ...