Israeli PM Naftali Bennett revealed on Tuesday that Israel will begin developing a laser-based technology to intercept missiles within a year. "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.

The system will be first deployed in southern Israel, where residents have been subjected to rocket fire from Gaza Strip ruler Hamas and other Gaza-based terrorist organisations on a regular basis. 

The technology would be put in other sections of the country subsequently, according to the prime minister.  "This will allow us to cover Israel in a wall of lasers in the medium to long term, shielding us from missiles, rockets, drones, and other dangers," Bennett added.

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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