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Commercial Jets Will Soon Be Firing Lasers

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the throw-me-a-bone-here dept.

AnonTechie writes:

First Stop: Skyshield ... Next Stop: Skynet"

From an article in Wired:

Israel is finally ready to combat shoulder-launched missiles and they're going to do it with lasers. Israel's Ministry of Defense announced Wednesday that SkyShield, developed by Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems, had successfully completed testing and is certified for commercial use to combat the threat of man-portable surface-to-air missile systems (MANPADS) by combining advanced laser detection and disruption technologies.

 
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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by mrcoolbp on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:20AM

    by mrcoolbp (68) <mrcoolbp@dev.soylentnews.org> on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:20AM (#11271)

    Well...I for one welcome our new laser-wielding flying overlords.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by anyanka on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:27AM

    by anyanka (1381) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:27AM (#11273)

    I for one welcome our new MANPAD wearing overlords...