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US Military to install Laser Turrets on Bombers and Fighters

What has previously been a thing of science fiction, the US military are going to install solid-state lasers into combat aeroplanes. The lasers are designed to protect the aircraft by shooting incoming threats such as surface-to-air missiles.

http://gizmodo.com/5978740/us-military-to-install-laser-turrets-in-combat-airplanes