The European Union is Getting Serious About Laser Weapons

The EU is ramping up its directed energy research.

An artist’s rendering of a future high-energy laser weapon system produced under the European Defence Fund’s Tactical Advanced Laser Optical Systems program. (European Defence Agency)

The European Union wants in on the global directed energy arms race.

On May 27, the Council of the EU approved a sixth wave of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) proje…