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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-867735
Israel's "Iron Beam" Laser Defense System Is Fully Operational
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - The Israel Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that Israel's "Iron Beam" is now operational and that a full series of cutting-edge air defense batteries will be deployed across the country. Iron Beam can shoot down not only drones, but also missiles, rockets, and mortars. Iron Beam will reduce the cost of shooting down aerial threats. Arrow interceptors cost millions of shekels, Iron Dome interceptors cost tens of thousands, but firing the Iron Beam is the cost of the electricity. Iron Beam also has the capacity to counter barrages of simultaneous aerial threats. Lasers can shoot down enemy rockets and drones much earlier because light energy travels much faster than any interceptor. Although other countries are at various stages of developing laser defense systems, Israel's Iron Beam is the only one that has moved beyond test firings to actual use in the field.