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2020-02-23 Science & Technology

Star Wars-like laser beam blasts drones out of the sky in footage demonstrating Israel's new defence system

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-23 09:52|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Acquisition, targeting and tracking, great...energy delivery, not so much.

Passe' now I suppose, but when I last dabbled in the field, we paired a microwave with the laser to 'clear the air'. Made the coolest sound. Something of a corona discharge.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-23 10:21|| 2020-02-23 10:21|| Front Page Top

#2 This is the reason the balloon fires have been negotiate out of service. Perhaps or perhaps not but it could do much more perhaps defensively.

Posted by Dale 2020-02-23 12:26|| 2020-02-23 12:26|| Front Page Top

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