The first Iron Beam laser defense system was data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://mod.gov.il/en/press-releases/press-room/israel-mod-and-rafael-deliver-first-operational-high-power-laser-system-iron-beam-to-the-idf” data-url=”https://mod.gov.il/en/press-releases/press-room/israel-mod-and-rafael-deliver-first-operational-high-power-laser-system-iron-beam-to-the-idf” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>deployed by Israel on Sunday. This 100kW laser weapon thus became the world’s first high-power drone defense zapper to be operationally deployed. Iron Beam lasers will fortify Israel’s multi-layered defense, complementing the existing data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/taiwan-to-up-defense-spending-and-develop-iron-dome-inspired-missile-protection-expert-warns-one-well-placed-chinese-missile-could-make-it-impossible-to-get-a-new-iphone-for-three-years” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/taiwan-to-up-defense-spending-and-develop-iron-dome-inspired-missile-protection-expert-warns-one-well-placed-chinese-missile-could-make-it-impossible-to-get-a-new-iphone-for-three-years”>Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and Arrow system architecture.
The Iron Beam is a short-range line-of-sight laser interceptor that is extremely cheap to run and, therefore, perfectly suited for intercepting low-cost,…
