It shoots down small drones after it applies a ray for several seconds. Its big and heavy. It takes huge amounts of energy. And it works in perfect whether.
If you are flying along on a sunny day and some slow drones come at you. You can blow them out of the sky as long as there aren’t that many.
If you are a 747 sized aircraft, you can blow larger things out of the sky. But you still have a limit before you need to land and pug in like a Tesla. And I hope no one sees you, because you will be so big and slow that anyone could down you. And again, you need a nice sunny day.
The reality is that you can easily make missiles who’s skin would reflect a laser. So this technology is not the future.
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