
Civil War Technology
Grade 11 · Social Studies · 45 min
Lesson Preview
Learning Objective
I can analyze how new technologies impacted military strategies during the Civil War.
- 1
The Joint Counter Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems University (JCU) trains about 1,000 troops a year to counter the threat of drones.
- 2
The Smart Shooter is a smart optic placed on the M4 weapon system to help soldiers engage small UAS threats, while the Dronebuster is an electronic attack system that uses jamming means.
- 3
The Pentagon emphasizes a layered approach to counter UAS, as there is no single weapon system that is most effective against the rapidly developing drone technology and the use of drone swarms.


