[SeekAndFind]

Israel’s ground-based laser air defense system, named Iron Beam, is intended to complement, not replace, other elements of Israel’s air defense arsenal including Iron Dome, the well known short-range missile interception system, as well as medium- and long-range missile interception systems.

Israeli officials say the main advantage of the Iron Beam will be its cost, with interceptions costing little more than the power needed to operate it.

The Iron Beam interceptions cost about $3.50 a shot, compared to tens of thousands of dollars apiece for each Iron Dome interception.

Moreover, Iron Dome is heavily subsidized by the United States, which allocated an additional billion dollars for the weapon in the 2022 budget at a time when U.S. military aid to Israel has become increasingly controversial. Israel is also sharing its Iron Beam knowledge with its American allies, Israeli officials said.

[dfwgator]

[Berlin_Freeper]

Israel’s ground-based laser air defense system,

Now they need an air-based laser ground defense system.

[C210N]

The military's of the US/Israel keep secret the most advanced stuff. They already have this, and this article is just dripping out the info.

[mythenjoseph]

Maui ?

[Tell It Right]

Israel needs to use lasers like this on the Gazan rapists.

[Blennos]

This article is from July 1922. The clue was that Naftali Bennett is not the prime Minister anymore. i would imagine Israeli has made even more progress since the article was published.

[Track9]

The rag heads will just wrap their munitions in tinfoil.

[Da Coyote]

Dear Israel, please test it on Harvard.

[jjotto]

Way outdated even 18 months ago when this was published.

Working systems already deployed by Israel and US Navy, at least. Maybe not just in full-time use yet, but way beyond what this article indicates.

[daniel1212]

Israel is also sharing its Iron Beam knowledge with its American allies, Israeli officials said.

Which makes China excited, as they tell their spies to focus on this data.