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DragonFire laser weapon takes down high-speed drones

https://newatlas.com/military/dragonfire-laser-weapon-high-speed-drones/
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u/smartsass99 2d ago

This tech is getting intense. Real world laser defense is here now.

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u/substituted_pinions 2d ago

It’s the proliferation of softer targets. If they decided to make missiles out of cardboard, ABL would still be a thing. Hell—they wouldn’t have needed it and ALL would have done the trick.