(UPI) Hil Anderson - Zeus, the Mobil Tactical High-Energy Laser (MTHEL), is a joint American-Israeli weapon designed to zap unexploded mines and bombs, and even swat down short-range rockets and artillery shells in mid-air. MTHEL is able to identify a threatening device hurtling through the sky within milliseconds and has proven to be incredibly accurate, with a 99-percent success rate in detonating more than 800 pieces of test ordnance. But it is not quite to the point where it is mobile enough to be packed up and sent to Israel.
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