
About this episode
Michael Lurie, CEO and President of Rafael USA, joins the show to explain how High Energy Lasers and Iron Beam will change missile & air defense, not to mention warfare itself, forever.
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02:34 The evolution of missile defense
05:09 Iron Dome & Iron Beam
08:04 How do lasers work?
15:16 Limitations
20:07 Integrating systems
25:28 Future applications
30:09 Lessons from field testing
40:15 American interest
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