Footage of the Royal Navy’s new laser weapon in action provides an insight into how it could be used to take down and destroy threats like drones.
DragonFire is expected to be ready for deployment by 2027 at the latest, and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has suggested it could be rushed to the frontline in Ukraine to take down Russian drones.
Test footage released by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) shows what happens when the new weapon system targets a drone.
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