JERUSALEM POST
Laser defense system will be ready to intercept missiles in a year
by Lahav Harkov
February 1, 2022
Israel will surround itself with a defensive “laser wall,” with new missile interception technology to be ready within a year, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced in a speech at the Institute for National Security Studies…The IDF will begin using the laser interception system in the next year, first experimentally and later operationally, starting in the South. “This will allow us, in the medium- to long-term, to surround Israel with a laser wall that will defend us from missiles, rockets, UAVs and other threats that will essentially take away the strongest card our enemies have against us,” Bennett said. The Defense Ministry successfully intercepted drones with the powerful airborne laser system installed on light aircraft in June. READ MORE