US spending billions to equip the army with battle lasers: experts named the reason

The US military is already testing the prototypes of laser systems De M-SHORAD and HELIOS, as well as interested in the Israeli Iron Beam. The war between Israel and Hamas became another impetus for the development of drones and missiles with new types of weapons, including laser systems. This opinion is expressed by the American news portal CNBC. The US and Israel have become more actively investing in innovative laser systems of drones and missiles.

For example, according to the portal, Israel has invested in the Iron Beam system, which produces a high -energy laser, in addition to Iron Dome batteries, which are used to start interceptors to destroy approaching missiles. The United States and the United States are also going to develop the Iron Beam Iron Beam system, seeing a great perspective in it.

According to Brian Clark, a senior researcher at the Hudson Institute, a laser, unlike standard landscapes "Earth-Air class", gives you, in fact, an endless stock of interception opportunities, because the laser will recharge and work as long as there is access to electricity and further will knock down enemy drones and rockets. Laser and other energy systems are currently more widely used in the US field. The De M-Shorad system was tested by the US Army in 2023 at the Huma landfill.

The Navy has a Helios, or a high-energy laser with a built-in optical blinder and observation, installed on the USS PREBLE aircraft carrier, Arley Berk class. "We are currently at a turning point when it comes to the use of this laser weapon. Different services in the US Armed Forces create prototypes of these systems and experiment with them," Masao Dalgren commented, a researcher at the projection of anti -missile defense at the Strategic and International Center research.