This Laser Weapon Got Five Times More Powerful in Just One Year

The pace of High Energy Laser (HEL) technology has become a sprint with nations and defense firms alike racing to develop more and more powerful systems. Nowhere is this breakneck pace clearer than at Rheinmetall's Ochsenboden Proving Ground, especially during a recent test of the company's shiny, new, 500-percent improved HEL anti-artillery platform. More »

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