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Can Lasers Beat Drone Swarms? The Pentagon Is About to Find Out

Alex Kimani is a veteran finance writer, investor, engineer and researcher for Safehaven.com.

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Alex Kimani is a veteran finance writer, investor, engineer and researcher for Safehaven.com. The enormous expansion of drone warfare is forcing militaries to reconsider how much ammunition they can afford to fire at relatively cheap targets. The Pentagon is betting that some of that ammunition can be replaced with electricity, selecting four directed-energy systems for operational testing at five U.S. military bases.

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