Germany Contracts MBDA to Develop Airborne Laser Weapon System
🔬 BERLIN — Germany's laser contract answers a threat it can't yet field. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: MBDA Deutschland's airborne laser deal signals Berlin views drone swarms as the defining near-term threat — a verdict the Iran crisis proves daily. Demonstrators take years to field; German aircraft carry nothing equivalent now. The contract exposes the capability gap as much as it closes it. NATO reads it as doctrine: lasers over missiles for drone attrition.
