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Israel Achieves World's First Operational Combat Interceptions with Iron Beam Laser Prototypes

May 29, 202515 min
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Episode description

The age of science fiction laser weapons has come to an end; the era of operational directed energy warfare has begun. Israel has crossed a historic threshold by becoming the first nation to successfully deploy laser weapons in actual combat. During the Swords of Iron War, Israeli forces used Rafael's high-energy laser systems to intercept enemy threats, marking the transition from experimental technology to operational directed energy warfare. Read the analysis on Defense-Update

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