BREAKING: Israel reportedly will unveil a new defense technology called "Iron Beam", which was not slated to enter service for years. Iron Beam is a breakthrough technology that enables the country to use a laser beam to shoot down hostile projectiles at a fraction of the cost of the... Iron Dome. It literally costs about $3 per shot rather than hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Iron Beam is a directed-energy weapon air defense system that has been designed to destroy short-range rockets, artillery, and mortar bombs. Below you will see the capabilities of what the Iron Beam can do. Is this the future of defense?show more

Jewish space lasers?

I have confirmed that Jewish lasers do exist. They are not space lasers though.

What the fuck is an “iron beam”. This is dumb

Reminds me of Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars project in the 80’s.

Only 40 years later. It does remind me a lot of Star Wars. Laser warfare would certainly help cut down on civilian casualties if they extend its use in the future.

And people thought I was kidding about my Space Lasers

Yeah. We saw what it could do in Maui.

It is the future of defense imo It’s very accurate even taking out some mortar rounds before they fall. Much cheaper, and easier to use than counter battery missiles. The counter missiles are expensive and you need to fire a few as a fail safe every time. Plus they find situations they get behind where a concentrated energy is pretty instant. Will be cool to see defensive field tests. As missiles and kinetic weapons become obsolete though, conventional war opens back up. 😞

There are so many advantages to laser technology over traditional explosives.