The Air Force Is Eyeing Its Bomb-Busting Laser Weapon to Detonate Downed Drones

By the beard of Zeus!

The Zeus III laser weapon on a US Air Force Recovery of Airbase Denied By Ordnance (RADBO) vehicle engages a target during testing in an undated photo. (US Air Force photo)

The US Air Force is assessing a high-energy laser weapon originally intended to blow up bombs as a potential countermeasure against a new kind of explosive hazard on the battlefield:…