Wait—Laser Guns Are Real Now?

But focus too much on matters of geopolitics, and you can lose sight of something arguably even more profound: Laser guns are ...
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The US Navy’s top-secret laser weapon explained ⚓

The HELIOS laser weapon could change modern warfare forever ⚡🚀 The Sunday Cool Podcast explores how this top-secret U.S. Navy tech uses high-powered lasers to target drones, missiles, and aircraft ...
CNN

US military’s urgent push for laser weapons behind El Paso airport shutdown

The Defense Department has been aggressively pursuing laser weapons and defense systems, a push that gained significant attention this week when the use of an anti-drone laser system led to the ...

A Laser, a Shutdown of Airspace and Signs of Government Agencies at Odds

After the downing of a Customs and Border Protection drone, the F.A.A. closed the airspace above Texas for the second time in ...
Newsweek

El Paso: Why Anti-Drone Laser May Have Backfired and Led to Airport Closure

U.S. forces deployed an anti-drone laser weapon close to El Paso airport in Texas earlier this week, according to new reports, sparking an airspace closure lasting several hours, widespread confusion ...
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A laser weapon targeted suspected drones. It hit party balloons instead.

Bryan Bedford wasn’t happy. Against the expressed wishes of the FAA, officials from Customs and Border Protection had used the Pentagon’s highly classified laser-weapon system to shoot down what it ...

Drone That LOCUST Laser Shot Down On Border Was Small And Belonged To Customs and Border Protection

The accidental shoot-down comes two weeks after a major airspace closure was prompted by the use of a laser weapon along the ...

Military shoots down Customs and Border Protection drone with a laser

The apparent friendly fire incident prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to quickly close some airspace near the ...