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This is why for the past 3 years the U.S. Department of Defense has spent roughly $1 billion dollars a year in research and development for what is known within the defense industry as "directed energy" weapons. In 2018 the (DOD) actually officially identified Directed Energy weapons as one of 11 technologies that are absolutely critical to enabling the 2018 National Defense Strategy. This technology has been in development for decades but it's only been in the last few years that the military has really doubled down on investing the necessary funds into its development after it started to show real practical combat use for the first time.
Written by: Chris Cappy Edited by: Michael Michaelides
The reason for this is a 2017 test where a 5 kilowatt laser was able to defeat a number of small rotary and fixed-wing UAVs for the first time. Everytime you hear about a new sword to be afraid of like hypersonic missiles a new shield is developed sometimes soon after, and Directed Energy Weapons could be the solution that is fast enough, like speed of light fast enough, to shoot down hypersonic missiles.
According to a new Government accountability office report these high energy lasers can blast a range of threats right out of the sky including enemy drones, mortars, artillery shells and even cruise missiles. All for mere pennies on the dollar. China, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia, India,and Pakistan are also all trying to develop military-grade directed-energy weapons. Iran and Turkey claim to already have them in active service.
