Anti-drone lasers for the Aegean?

Four decades after the Reagan Doctrine and the launch of the "Star Wars program" to deploy advanced weapons including the use of high-energy laser beams to counter enemy ballistic nuclear attacks, Israel managed to implement Reagan's strategic thinking in actual defense technology by developing the "Iron Beam" air defense system. The new system, developed by the Rafael company and field-tested, gave the Israel Defense Forces the ability to intercept threats such as drones, artillery shots and rockets within a 7-kilometer range.

The chairman of the Israel Space Agency and professor at Tel Aviv University, General Isaac Ben-Israel, explains in an interview with Kathimerini how the new defense shield was achieved.

What are the characteristics of Israel's newest military development, the laser technology, and how functional can it be?

The new...