[UPDATE: FALSE?] – Israel’s Iron Beam shoots Hamas rockets out of sky with LASERS

by The Right Scoop

Israel has a laser defense system similar to the Iron Dome called the Iron Beam. And they are apparently using it now to take out Hamas rockets.

Here’s purported video of the Iron Beam in action:

 
Medvin posted a link about the Iron Beam:

Israel-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems debuted its high-energy laser weapon system that will augment Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system for more modern threats.

Called the Iron Beam, the system is designed to neutralize a range of incoming targets — including unmanned aerial systems, rockets, artillery and mortar rounds — using a 100-kilowatt or more directed energy weapon, said Ran Gozali, executive vice president of Rafael’s land and naval division.

“We actually can focus the beam to the diameter of a coin in a 10-kilometer range,” Gozali said on the sidelines of the International Defence Exhibition in Abu Dhabi. The trade show was the first time that Rafael unveiled a full-scale model of the Iron Beam.

The Iron Beam is intended to work in tandem with Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system — also made by Rafael — as “another layer in our air defense strategy and deployment,” he said. Operators will be able to choose whether to neutralize threats using traditional kinetic missiles or the Iron Beam’s laser, he added.

It wasn’t supposed to be deployed until 2025 but it looks like they are deploying it now, if the video above is correct.

 
UPDATE: It looks like this may not be correct:


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