34 Someone asked recently what kind of weapon works well in space. This kind. (www.defensenews.com) posted 1 year ago by Kaarous 1 year ago by Kaarous +34 / -0 In first, UK downs aerial drone with test shot from DragonFire laser The trial with the direct-energy weapon is considered a significant milestone toward the deployment of the system, possibly within five years. 46 comments share 46 comments share save hide report block hide replies
The issue with energy weapons isn't that they don't exist but that for the most part they haven't been especially practical. In particular it's obscenely difficult to make them man portable.