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Navy Lasers’ First Target: Enemy Drones

In an undated photograph, a BQM-147a Dragon drone shows damage after getting shot by a Navy laser weapon in China Lake, California. Photo: U.S. Navy One of the first tasks the Navy expects to assign its forthcoming arsenal of laser guns: shooting down drones that...

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