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⚡️🇬🇧 NEW - Footage shows UK's Dragonfire laser weapon system engaging drones at a test range

The British DragonFire laser weapon passed its test with flying colors, destroying a drone located 1 km away at a cost of one pound sterling per shot.

The Royal Navy confirmed today that it aims to start deploying lasers on its ships within two years.

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FLASH 1mo ago 💬 1

🗞️ https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/november/20/20251120-dragonfire-trials

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398ja 1mo ago 💬 1

The article says 10£ per shot, not one pound, as mentioned in your note...

> DragonFire offers a cheaper (£10 per shot compared with, for example, over £1m for a Sea Viper missile)

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FLASH 1mo ago

(it can hit a £1 coin at a range of one kilometre) my mistake 🤦‍♂️

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