Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system • Hacker News Board

Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by anthonybsd » Wed, Dec 31, 2025, 2:59 PM UTC

dragonelite wrote: post #7

koakuma-chan wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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You are thinking of Ashkenazi. Vast majority of Israeli jews are Mizrahi. This is in addition to 2 million Palestinians who are Israeli citizens and are doing just fine. Your hatred comes from ignorance.

Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by jmyeet » Wed, Dec 31, 2025, 2:59 PM UTC

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Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by nrhrjrjrjtntbt » Wed, Dec 31, 2025, 2:59 PM UTC

koakuma-chan wrote: post #9

nrhrjrjrjtntbt wrote: post #8

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No

No? ChatGPT says yes.

Thats why you should read and not rely on AI for your opinion.

Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 31, 2025, 3:01 PM UTC

condensedcrab wrote: post #2

From Rafael’s site: https://www.rafael.co.il/system/iron-beam/ 100kW laser is nothing to joke about, but seems a good application for anti drone tasks. Fiber lasers are pretty snazzy.

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Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by JumpCrisscross » Wed, Dec 31, 2025, 3:01 PM UTC

jmyeet wrote: post #12

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> To summarize, any technique or technology designed to subjugate colonial interests will ultimately be used the citizenry in the imperial core

To emphasize, however, per your own source, this is a critical analytical tool and not a testable hypothesis nor even prediction about the world.

Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by stronglikedan » Wed, Dec 31, 2025, 3:01 PM UTC

ausbah wrote: post #6

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I don't see how that's relevant, considering we could already provide healthcare to all Americans simply by disbanding the corrupt Medicare and Medicaid bureaucracies and recouping the administration fees. And then do the same with welfare so we can get UBI. Hell, we'd probably save money in both cases.

Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by dbdoskey » Wed, Dec 31, 2025, 3:02 PM UTC

ausbah wrote: post #6

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None. The US money Israel receives is purely used for buying from US defense contractors. This is developed by purely Israeli defense contractors. The US leverages significant discounts on these Israeli developed systems compared to other countries.

Also, the amount Israel gets is in the same ballpark as Egypt and Lebanon, but interesting that that is never mentioned?

Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by razakel » Wed, Dec 31, 2025, 3:02 PM UTC

koakuma-chan wrote: post #5

LightBug1 wrote: post #3

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Hamas isn't Palestine.

Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by oytis » Wed, Dec 31, 2025, 3:03 PM UTC

jmyeet wrote: post #12

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Israeli police had to teach American one how to do violence? Come on

Re: Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system

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Post by cmccand1 » Wed, Dec 31, 2025, 3:03 PM UTC

ausbah wrote: post #6

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Response to “How much U.S. taxpayer money was spent on this?” - now flagged:

$1.2B

Source: https://defensescoop.com/2024/04/25/iron-beam-procurement-us...