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Watch Rare Footage of a US Military Laser Shooting Down a Drone in 1973

It was the first time in military history a laser weapon had disabled an aerial target.

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A laser weapon system developed under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Project DELTA during the first-ever shootdown of a drone with a laser on November 13, 1973. (US Air Force via Sonda/YouTube)

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