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September 28, 2017

Laser Weapons Not Yet Ready for Missile Defense

Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle was quoted in IEEE. 

Shooting down enemy drones, such as those used by ISIS, with laser-equipped drones requires identifying a target drone’s most vulnerable spots, says Philip Coyle, Senior Science Fellow at The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “Just hitting the fuselage of the drone might not do much damage. Much of the laser energy would bounce off, and even if the laser was powerful enough to burn a hole, the drone might be able to continue flying.” Read the full article.

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