Laser weapons are seen as a potential low-cost alternative to missiles for shooting down drones.

The UK has successfully fired a high-power laser weapon against an aerial target for the first time in a trial.

It is hoped that the test will pave the way for a low-cost alternative to missiles to shoot down targets like drones.

The DragonFire weapon is precise enough to hit a £1 coin from a kilometre away, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) says.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Yes this is probably powered…controlled by AI. Fantastic. Okay, we got autonomous dogs and jumpingjacks acrobatic humanoids, when do we allow to mount lasers to their backs? Are laser drones less scary? Nope.

    But sure it would be a good weapon to quickly blind the enemy ruzzians.