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

Post by saagarjha » Thu, Jan 01, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC

throw-12-16 wrote: post #320

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I was bored so I did the math and you are not correct. Even if you don't care about the people themselves, a normal citizen in an industrialized society like Israel has about 40 years of working life. Let's assume for simplicity that some rockets would hit children but others would hit retired people, on average hitting people when they're halfway through their career and would have 20 years of productive work left.…

Thats a nice calculation, but the reality is that billions of people do not meet those criteria. Life in the developing world is very cheap.

Post by vladgur » Thu, Jan 01, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC

karim79 wrote: post #180

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All lies? Hamas and Islamic Jihad shooting thousands of rockets before, during and after October 7 massacre is documented[1] by Wikipedia (that does have documented anti-israel bias[2]) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_and_the_Israeli%E2%8...

Sorry but doesn't fly. Also Islam has nothing to do with Palestinian resistance. This theme of "Palestinians and Muslims are all Jihadists and all seek to kill Jews" is also getting really really old. 2026 will bring more enlightenment to the masses. Also, Israel loves messing with wikipedia as it has done for years. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/18/wikipedia-edit...

Post by mupuff1234 » Thu, Jan 01, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC

ThePowerOfFuet wrote: post #324

elcritch wrote: post #70

Personally I think that defensive technology like this is fantastic. It means that innocent citizens will be protected from constant bombardment or thread of bombardment by cheap mass produced rockets or drones. Israeli civilians have faced bombardment by tens of thousands of rockets from Gaza for the last 20 years [1]. Outside the Middle East there's many areas threatened by combatants with similar cheap missiles. P…

>Israeli civilians have faced bombardment by tens of thousands of rockets from Gaza for the last 20 years [1]. There's a reason that's been happening, and it's not technical in nature. Technical solutions are thus unlikely to successfully address the root cause.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 01, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC

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This is hasbara. You need to learn more about Israeli history. Hamas was elected with the support of Netanyahu et al. And 50% of the people in Gaza weren’t even alive when Hamas was elected. (However many of them remain. The death toll after Oct 7 will probably be around 500,000 dead) Israel has never been interested in a peace deal. It is a settler colonialist project in the finest traditions of such with the aim of…

Post by cenamus » Thu, Jan 01, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC

throw-12-16 wrote: post #284

causal wrote: post #64

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…

This will be vital tech after China swarms Taiwan with a massive drone invasion.