Israel to use laser air defense system within year, PM says
Naftali Bennett also said he hopes ongoing talks over Iran's nuclear program "end without agreement."
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett unveiled a new timeline for the country’s rollout of a laser air defense system, saying the technology would be ready within a year.
Bennett said Israel will surround itself with a “laser wall” of air defenses amid increasing threats by the proliferation of Iranian-made and Iranian-inspired drones and missiles in the Middle East.
Israel’s military is on schedule to begin experimenting with a new laser defense system next year, Bennett said Tuesday at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.
“This will allow us, in the medium to long term, to surround Israel with a laser wall that will defend us from missiles, rockets, UAVs and other threats that will essentially take away the strongest card our enemies have against us,” he said.
