The Army has officially deployed a pair of high-energy lasers overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out of the sky, the service recently confirmed, marking a major milestone for the U.S. military’s ongoing development of futuristic directed-energy weapons.
The 20-kilowatt Palletized High Energy Laser, or P-HEL, “is currently deployed to support the Army’s mission” in an undisclosed location abroad, a spokesman for the service’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, which manages its directed-energy portfolio, told Military.com.
I think the bigger concern is enemy UAVs wearing shades.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/04/24/army-has-officially-deployed-laser-weapons-overseas-combat-enemy-drones.html
I think the bigger concern is enemy UAVs wearing shades.
Yay for undisclosed location! Slava Ukraini!
It could potentially be in the red sea.
I would be fine with that. I’m just a laser loiterer who thinks pirates need to be wiped off the face of the earth in a sizzling manner.
Big ass solar panels on the drone to capture the energy and charge the drones battery