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The Pentagon is starting to plan for drone warfare under laser attack
Key Takeaways
- The U.S. has invested heavily in offensive laser weapons but far less in defending drones from them.
- A Naval Postgraduate School study found three of four representative drones could be destroyed within seconds by a 100-kilowatt laser without countermeasures.
- The emerging defense field is known as counter-directed energy weapons, or CDEW.
- Drone survivability against lasers is becoming a design, procurement, and operational planning issue.
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DT Editorial Team··via fastcompany.com
