U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning jets to feature missile-killing laser

It’s been just a few months since Lockheed Martin gave the US Army the most powerful laser weapon ever developed, a ground vehicle-mounted system that can burn through tanks and knock mortars out of the sky. Now the US Air Force wants its own toy, so Lockheed’s engineers are back in the lab, crafting the kind of weapon Poe Dameron could get down with. They’re making a laser blaster for a fighter jet to swat down incoming missiles. (www.airguideonline.com) Mehr...