The United States announced the 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 Technology, Nelson Pedreiro, told this to the Space News portal.
According to him, the American corporation has created a prototype laser weapon that can be used to protect military bases from unmanned aerial vehicles. 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.