Indonesia Has a Laser Rifle

The Indonesian Navy is entering the laser wars.

Indonesian Deputy Defense Minister Donny Ermawan Taufanto tests state-owned shipbuilder PAL Indonesia’s unnamed laser rifle. (PAL Indonesia)

Indonesia has joined one of the strangest arms races of the modern battlefield: the global sprint to build counter-drone laser rifles.

At the naming and launch of the warship KRI Balaputradewa — the Indonesian Navy’…