Why DARPA thinks air assets will be the last to get laser weapons
By: Aaron Mehta   1 day ago
WASHINGTON – It’s been a running joke inside the defense technology community for years: lasers are the weapons of the future ... and always will be.
But while experts have long predicted laser systems, also known as directed energy weapons, are juuuust over the horizon, more and more technology experts have said they believe lasers are truly in the realm of the possible in the near-term for the Pentagon. Which raises the question: who gets them first?
Speaking at the Washington Post earlier this month, Steven Walker, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, said, if possible, the Air Force would love to get directed energy up and running tomorrow.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/electronic-warfare/2018/12/19/why-darpa-thinks-air-assets-will-be-the-last-to-get-laser-weapons/
