
A still image from footage released by DRDO showing live-fire tests of its Integrated Air Defense Weapon System.
Credit: DRDO
India says it used a high-energy laser to down a drone as part of the first live-fire tests of its Integrated Air Defense Weapon System (IADWS). IADWS comprises two laser-based interceptors and a directed-energy system for the short and very-short-range air defense role. The Indian Defense Research...
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