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💥 General Atomics Debuts New Laser Weapon Capable of Intercepting Drones and Rockets

💥 General Atomics Debuts New Laser Weapon Capable of Intercepting Drones and Rockets

General Atomics unveiled its newest high-energy laser system, designed to defeat drones, rockets, and other airborne threats through directed energy.

Dallas Hartley
April 18, 2025

🔎 Defense Innovation Unit Seeks Undersea Drone for Long-Range Payload Missions LINK

💥 General Atomics Debuts New Laser Weapon Capable of Intercepting Drones and Rockets LINK

🛡️ Trump and Musk’s ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense Initiative Gains Momentum LINK

🖥️ NGA Field Testing New Processor to Accelerate Imagery for U.S. Regional Commands LINK

⚠️ Closure of State Department Office Leaves U.S. Vulnerable to Foreign Influence Warfare LINK

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The Defense Innovation Unit is soliciting designs for an unmanned undersea vehicle capable of transporting and deploying payloads at extreme ranges without human intervention.
Requirements call for at least 2,000 nautical miles of autonomous range and the ability to deliver payloads covertly in denied environments.
The project reflects growing interest in distributed undersea operations as near-peer adversaries like China expand their maritime presence.

General Atomics unveiled its newest high-energy laser system, designed to defeat drones, rockets, and other airborne threats through directed energy.
The laser is compact enough for mobile deployment, offering a scalable defense solution for military bases, vehicles, and even ships.
Officials emphasized that the system demonstrated successful live-fire intercepts and could soon be fielded to supplement kinetic air defense systems.

The Trump administration's "Golden Dome" missile defense initiative, in partnership with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, continues advancing through early development stages.
The ambitious project envisions a satellite-based missile shield capable of detecting, tracking, and intercepting hostile projectiles in real time from orbit.
Critics warn about feasibility and cost, but proponents argue it could revolutionize strategic defense and deter major missile threats from China and Russia.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is testing a new data processor aimed at dramatically cutting the time it takes to deliver satellite imagery to U.S. regional commands.
The system enables faster fusion, analysis, and dissemination of high-resolution imagery directly to combatant commanders for near-real-time decision-making.
NGA officials say the processor is part of a broader push toward machine-assisted intelligence workflows to speed up tactical and operational support.

National security officials warn that the closure of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center has left the U.S. with little organized defense against foreign influence campaigns.
The center was key to countering disinformation from adversaries like Russia, China, and Iran but was shuttered amid bureaucratic battles and funding cuts.
Experts are calling for urgent action to rebuild capabilities, warning that adversaries are exploiting the information space with few U.S. countermeasures in place.

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