US Deploying Laser Weapons In Hormuz That Can Be Operated With Xbox Console: Report
The systems can destroy drones and cruise missiles at lower cost than kinetic weapons, and some operators use reconfigured Xbox controllers.
- The Department of War deployed High-Energy Laser systems in the Strait of Hormuz to target drones, with personnel operating HELIOS units using reconfigured Xbox controllers to streamline defensive operations.
- Soldiers utilize modified Xbox controllers because interface familiarity reduces training requirements. Jared Keller of Laser Wars noted, "If you've shot a Spartan laser in 'Halo', you can probably fire in real life."
- The Department is investing $500 million in technology that destroys "drones and incoming cruise missiles at a much lower cost than using more expensive kinetic weapons like missiles." Systems convert energy into photon beams, heating targets until failure.
- While systems like Boeing's Compact Laser Weapon System operate in the Middle East and along the southern border, experts note practical constraints: equipment functions best in clear weather and has not yet been deployed against human targets.
- Directed-Energy technology has been in development for around 50 years, now moving from laboratory settings into active field environments. Brent Ziarnick, senior fellow in defence studies at the American Foreign Policy Council, said sufficient energy levels could eventually reduce ammunition stockpiles and transform military logistics.
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America Is Now Firing Laser Weapons in the Strait of Hormuz, Destroying Iranian Drones and Missiles.
The US military is now using lasers to shoot down drones in actual combat. Inexpensive laser systems are being used against Iranian drones and cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz. Testing is also underway along the southern border.
The US military is expanding the use of combat lasers. In the context of the conflict in the Middle East, such installations are already being used in the Strait of Hormuz to intercept air targets. At the same time, the technology is being tested at the southern US border, where the military is countering drones, presumably
The U.S. military will allocate half a billion dollars to the production of combat lasers capable of intercepting drones and cruise missiles without the use of expensive anti-aircraft munitions. The United States Department of Defense will send $500 million to the development of combat lasers and the New York Post newspaper. The new weapon is designed to dismantle unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles. The American Armed Forces are alread…
The U.S. Armed Forces deployed combat lasers on warships in the Ormuz Strait area to target Iranian drones and cruise missiles, reports The New York Post with a reference to the U.S. Department of Defense.
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