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Re:Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser sy... by SirIsaacGluten on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @09:38PM (#46450751)
No, but an AI drone like the one Turkey has can probably detect the source of the beam by hiding behind some sacrificial/decoy drones and watching them blow up then shooting a missile at the laser source. It's not like the laser is coming out of thin air.
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Re:Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser sy... by cwillu on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @10:21PM (#46450994)
Shooting down missiles is what this is for.
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Re:Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser sy... by tguvot on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @10:37PM (#46451082)
actually it's for shooting anything that is close enough and can be intercepted. during the war with hezbollah (drones were issue due to topography) lower power version of iron beam was deployed on trial bases and scored around 40 intercepts
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