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From APKWS to LADAC: France joins the race for cheap laser-guided rockets to down drones

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France has fielded its own answer to the American APKWS, a low-cost guided rocket intended to spare expensive air-to-air missiles in the fight against one-way attack drones.
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From APKWS to LADAC: France joins the race for cheap laser-guided rockets to down drones

France has fielded its own answer to the American APKWS, a low-cost guided rocket intended to spare expensive air-to-air missiles in the fight against one-way attack drones.

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defence-industry.eu broke the news on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
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