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January 11, 2013

Anti-aircraft laser weapon demonstrated
Dusseldorf, Germany (UPI) Jan 10, 2013
A German defense company has demonstrated a laser weapon it says successfully shot down two drone aircraft at a distance of a mile. Rheinmetall Defense said the high-energy system using two lasers has also been used to cut through a steel girder almost two-thirds of a mile away, the BBC reported. The laser weapons system, with a power output of 50 kilowatts, used a combination of radar and optical systems to detect and track two incoming drones, the company said. Radar provided an ... read more

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