Field notes from the near future

Pentagon Selects Four Directed-Energy Weapons for U.S. Base Counter-Drone Pilot

Pentagon names 4 directed-energy weapons for counter-drone program at US bases. The Pentagon named four directed energy weapons for a homeland counter-drone program, the first systems to be fielded and...
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