US military spending $500M on ‘war-ready’ laser weapons — and zapping drones in Iran, along US border: experts

Source: New York Post

Iranian citizens have witnessed some dazzling laser shows recently — but they’re not the kind you’d see at a Metallica concert. The US military has been deploying lasers in the Strait of Hormuz to knock out regime hardware, taking out “drones and incoming cruise missiles at a much lower cost than using more expensive kinetic weapons like missiles,” the Department of War recently confirmed. The US project to harness laser power has been 50 years in the making and outstrips the capabilities of any other military on Earth.