They’re also good for taking down drones. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3357667/china-showcases-portable-laser-weapons-single-soldier-shoot-down-drones
Yes let's shoot lasers wildly into the æther, great idea. Green ones too, the most pilot-blinding wavelength. This just in: birds and bees also allergic to lasers. This is some mad scientist shit.
ikr, it feels like it something that the military industrial complex learned while trying to figure out how take down drones without expensive missiles that cost more than the drones.
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