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High-energy laser weapons: A defense expert explains how they work and what they are used for

  • Written by Iain Boyd, Director, Center for National Security Initiatives, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
High-energy laser weapons: A defense expert explains how they work and what they are used forThe USS Portland test-fires a laser weapon. The photo captured infrared light to make the beam visible.Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert/Marine Corps via AP

Nations around the world are rapidly developing high-energy laser weapons for military missions on land and sea, and in the air and space. Visions of swarms of small, inexpensive drones filling the...

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