US announces production of "directed energy" weapons
Progress in the application of "directed energy" technology in the defense sector has reached a turning point. The new head of Lockheed Martin's Center for Advanced Technologies, Nelson Pedreiro, told about this on the Space News portal.
According to him, the American corporation has created a prototype of a laser weapon that can be used to protect military bases from drones. Mr. Pedreiro also noted that last year Lockheed Martin demonstrated the operation of the 30-kilowatt ATHENA system at a US military base in New Mexico.
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"The system hits airborne targets in flight, causing structural damage and loss of control over them. Lasers are also being developed for the Missile Defense Agency as a very powerful weapon to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles in flight," the engineer added.
