NEWSMAX: Israel yesterday unveiled its anticipated missile shield known as Iron Beam that uses a laser to “superheat” the warheads of short-range rockets, mortar bombs, and drones and blow them up in flight.
The first-of-its-kind system was shown off for the first time at the annual Singapore Air Show, the Washington Free Beacon reported. ..
Iron Beam is designed to handle threats that fly on too small a trajectory for longer-range Iron Dome, the Rafael-developed interceptor credited with an 80 percent success rate against rockets fired by Palestinian militants, The Jerusalem Post reported… (more)
