China Deployed Laser Weapons to Watch Over Its Massive Military Parade

Five different high-energy laser systems were stationed across Beijing to counter potential drone threats.

A Chinese military laser weapon deployed near Tiananmen’s Qianmen Gate in Beijing during the country’s September 3 military parade. (Aviation Industry Corporation of China)

When China publicly rolled out its latest high-energy laser weapon to the world during its massive military parade in Beijing last week, another family of directed energy systems was …