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- technology
https://archive.is/2024.08.05-032033/https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-military-freaked-lasers-are-no-secret-weapon-against-hypersonic-missiles-207436
https://archive.is/2024.08.05-032033/https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-military-freaked-lasers-are-no-secret-weapon-against-hypersonic-missiles-207436
CIWS are there to shoot down cruise missiles, which go reltively slow compared to ballistic missiles. Maybe destroy small drones.
Yeah, sorry, I wasn't clear. I was talking about hypersonic missiles in response to the thread above.