Boeing's portable drone-killing laser

Ed Huntress · 2015-08-28T13:47:41+00:00

Here it is, the latest laser toy from Boeing, designed specifically to set drones on fire: It's a 2kW laser that's controlled by a standard Xbox 360 and a laptop. Although the article doesn't say so, it's probably powered by an off-the-shelf IPG fiber laser, like the big laser cannons that are being deployed on US ships. Every kid in America is going to ask for one for Christmas.