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The Defense Department's dream of one day using a laser weapon affixed to an aircraft to swat enemy missiles out of the sky is officially dead
Where would they fit a fiber optic laser on the F-35? I've done a lot of reading but they never discuss where they would put it? Would the best place be where
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J-20 & F-35 Fighter Jets Priming to Unleash Laser Weapons - Warrior Maven: Center for Military Modernization
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