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The Air Force has abandoned its attempt to install a directed-energy weapon on a fighter jet, marking another failure for airborne lasers

The U.S. military’s most recent endeavor to create an airborne laser weapon, designed to safeguard ground troops from incoming ballistic missiles, seems to be on track for abandonment after years of development.The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) was launched in 2016 with the aim of developing a laser weapon system …

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