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Monday, April 16, 2007

Light Warfare
Raytheon came out with a quick-as-light fix for American helicopters operating in Iraq by removing the baseball-size tips from its Sidewinder heat-seeking missiles and installing a low-power laser in those tips.

This allows the helicopters to be fitted with microturrets that shots a laser to defeat incoming missiles.

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