Laser Defense Not a perfect weapon (toxic chemica…

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Laser Defense

Not a perfect weapon (toxic chemicals and handling issues) and not cheap. Probably a victim of the “better vs best” arguments, but if it had been deployed in even a limited sense on the northern border of Israel as originally envisioned, one wonders what different actions Israel would be taking today.

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