Jerusalem: Israel will begin utilising a laser-based technology to intercept missiles within a year, according to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. The system would be deployed first in southern Israel, where residents have been subjected to recurrent rocket fire from Gaza Strip ruler Hamas and other Gaza-based militant organisations.
"Within a year, the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) will deploy a laser-based interception system, first experimentally and then operationally," Bennett said at the Institute for National Security Studies' annual conference. "This will allow us to wrap Israel in a wall of lasers in the medium to long future, shielding us from missiles, rockets, drones, and other threats," Bennett added.
The technology would be put in other sections of the country subsequently, according to the prime minister. He went on to say, "It will effectively take away the enemy's strongest card against us."
The laser system would provide a complement to Israel's multi-layered defence doctrine, which includes the Iron Dome anti-rocket system, the David's Sling aerial defence system, and the long-range anti-missile Arrow system.
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