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

Post by tguvot » Thu, Jan 01, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC

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A lot of comments decrying new weapons tech, but I think drone defense tech is particularly critical right now and going to save a lot of lives. Put another way, I don't think we would be against new clothing that made bullets less effective, even if it remains terrible that such clothing is needed. Especially as AI becomes better and cheaper and suicide drones become more nimble and autonomous. If you have seen any…

That laser station will not last in Ukraine an hour and will be destroyed either by missiles or drone swarm. What Ukraine have found a net launcher is effective and cheap solution against drones and may allow more use of tanks and heavy armor vehicles again in 2026. Then shotguns with a special ammunition is effective. Then against fiber drones a fence with moving wire works surprisingly good to cut the fiber.

Post by karim79 » Thu, Jan 01, 2026, 3:43 AM UTC

vorpalhex wrote: post #155

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> As part of its ongoing genocide, which started on 7 October 2023 Well that was quickly debunked as a viable source. Israeli's didn't retaliate for Oct 7th until a few days later. > When some of the residents went out to investigate and tried to help, they were shot at by Israeli quadcopter drones. And another easy debunk - Israel uses explosive drones. Mounting a firearm to "shoot at" things from a drone is basical…

Post by bastawhiz » Thu, Jan 01, 2026, 3:54 AM UTC

wat10000 wrote: post #140

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Sure, until someone says "hey can we stick this on a truck and use it against cars?" "Hey can we stick this on the belly of a plane and use it on a building?" "Hey what happens if we do a flash of this at protestors?"

It’s not going to do anything useful against cars, let alone buildings. It would blind people, and that would be bad, but it’s a very expensive way to hurt people. I think this one is for what it says it’s for.

Post by petermcneeley » Thu, Jan 01, 2026, 3:58 AM UTC

Post by karim79 » Thu, Jan 01, 2026, 4:03 AM UTC

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