The Israeli Defence Ministry has claimed that it has successfully carried out a series of interceptions to shoot down drones with a powerful airborne laser system installed on a civilian light aircraft.
- According to the Defence Ministry, Israel is perhaps the first country in the world to have been able to use such laser technology on an aircraft to intercept targets in an operational simulation.
- During the trials that were carried out over the sea, the high-powered laser fired from a civilian Cessna plane destroyed the unmanned targets at differing ranges and altitudes, reported The Jerusalem Post.
- The trials are the first phase in a multiyear pilot program of the Israeli Defence Ministry’s Administration for the Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure (MAFAT) and Elbit Systems.
