Pentagon Pursues Drone-Fired Lasers to Destroy Nuclear-Armed ICBMs
by Kris Osborn - Warrior Maven
The Missile Defense Agency is engineering air-launched, high-powered, long-range laser weapons to destroy attacking nuclear-armed Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles during launch and even as they travel through space -- bringing new levels of offensive and defensive layered firepower to existing missile defense technologies.
The Pentagon is, as an initial phase, looking at “laser scaling†to integrate enough laser energy and power to “burn a hole through the metal†of an ICBM, US military officials say.
https://defensemaven.io/warriormaven/future-weapons/pentagon-pursues-drone-fired-lasers-to-destroy-nuclear-armed-icbms-YfMYGEBEekOYCZrKYbTO_w/
