A European hub for high-energy laser weaponry is to be based in Livingston, Scotland, a big defence firm has said.
Last year, Raytheon was awarded a demonstrator contract to provide a high-energy laser weapon system to the UK Ministry of Defence, to beIt claims that "demand is spiking for cost-effective lasers" able to defeat "asymmetric" threats from drones, rockets and mortars.
"Hollywood makes it look very, very interesting and very dramatic. And this is a little different. It can look a little anti-climatic," Ms Flores said. That will depend on many factors of course, but the company believes that high-energy lasers could make up as much as 30% of of future air defence infrastructure.
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