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,” which could be everything from a base to an artillery position. The laser is also expected to “defeat more stressing threats,” making it a system that can easily handle inexpensive weapons like rockets but also expensive and especially deadly ones like cruise missiles.A full laser weapon system combines a power supply with a beam of directed light energy, sensors for targeting and tracking, and likely a vehicle to move the whole component around.
To make the beam, the system needs power. The most common way to generate the electrical power needed to produce a 300 kW beam would be batteries, though generators and other means of electric power could work with the system.
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