The U.S. Army announced on Sunday, July 30th, 2026, that it has completed the first overseas maritime test of its new electronic warfare system called "Hammer of the Gods." This system is engineered to covertly scramble navigation signals used by enemy precision-guided weapons, such as long-range artillery, guided missiles, and cruise missiles, thereby complicating adversaries' ability to accurately strike targets from a distance while avoiding detection.

The maritime variant of the Hammer of the Gods was tested at sea off the U.S. West Coast in mid-July as part of the Project Convergence Capstone 6 (PC-C6) experiment. While land-based versions of the system have been demonstrated over the past two years, this exercise marked the official debut of the maritime version.

Army officials stated that the experiment demonstrated the counter-PNT (positioning, navigation, and timing) system could be successfully launched, operated, and recovered in real-world maritime environments. The test involved coordination with the Army Space and Missile Defense Command to integrate space, cyber, and conventional capabilities during the exercise.

The system aims to blind enemy forces to several precision-guided weapons, enhancing U.S. military capabilities in electronic warfare and defense.

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