Israel Claims Drone Interceptions with High-Power Lasers

Israel claims drone interceptions with high-power lasers

Officials have declined to say which weapons were used, hinting only at a new generation of smaller, mobile laser guns.

Laser air defense is much cheaper than the Iron Dome system, which operates with interceptor missiles.

Israel’s Iron Beam Laser Is Blasting Hezbollah Drones Out of the Sky – Center for Security Policy

The Iron Beam, along with its related offshoots, represents the most advanced operational laser across the globe. Israel’s laser technologies have already conducted successful interceptions. According to a statement made by the nation’s Defense Ministry earlier this week, the cutting-edge Iron Beam system thwarted dozens of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched by Hezbollah in 2024. The lower-powered version of the Jewish state’s Iron Beam la…

Israel’s Iron Beam Laser Is Blasting Hezbollah Drones Out of the Sky

The Iron Beam, along with its related offshoots, represents the most advanced operational laser across the globe.

The Ministry of Defense declassified: Israel has been using laser air defense systems for six months: EADaily

EADaily, May 29th, 2025. During the fighting against Hezbollah, the IDF used a new laser air defense system. Information about the successful start of the combat use of laser technology in intercepting air targets was declassified by the country's Defense Ministry.

Israel has used ‘high-power lasers’ to down ‘scores’ of threats to homeland

Israel Defense Minister Israel Katz said that the new lasers will “change the rules of the game in the region — our enemies should fear, not only the capabilities we have already developed, but the capabilities we are developing now."