TechThe Army used a 20-kilowatt laser to take out three drones

This week, the US Army shot down three drones near Texas’s Rio Grande Valley with a high-energy multipurpose laser. Officials said the drones posed a physical threat to military personnel and Customs and Border Patrol partners. The operation was led by the Joint Task Force Southern Border and used technology from the Army’s AMP-HEL program, including the vehicle-mounted Locust Laser Weapon System.

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