The U.S. just deployed a weapon that was supposed to stay classified for another decade. And it changes EVERYTHING about this war.
— JinWoo Kim, IQ 289 (@JinWooIQ) March 10, 2026
🚨 THE U.S. NAVY JUST USED A LASER WEAPON IN COMBAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. 🚨
CENTCOM released footage of the HELIOS system mounted on a… pic.twitter.com/RbUm7E9ZKC
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Nice weapon–but it won’t work against an incoming hypersonic weapon… because, these warheads push a plasma mach-wave in front of them surrounding them with intense plasma–heating the surface of the warhead to extreme temperatures. A laser, light, micro-waves or any other type of EM will not penetrate the mach-wave–making it invisible to radar.
And to intercept such hypersonic weapon–you need a hard projectile or direct blast to neutralize it. But to intercept a hypersonic weapon, your interceptor has to be able to travel twice the speed of a hypersonic weapon–which is impossible in dense atmosphere due to friction heat. And incoming hypersonic warhead traveling at Mach 10, needs an interceptor capable of reaching speeds of Mach 20 or more–and there are no guidance systems capable of reacting that fast on a maneuvering incoming warhead.
This laser will work on slower drone and standard glide-in weapons. It would work on the rockets that Hezbollah shoots into Israel quite well. As for hypersonic job, which is where everything is now headed, a ship even equipped with this laser system is just a surface target.
My thoughts also. The number of Helios weapon systems is low but Iran has thousands of drones.
It will work against drones. But is the system capable of rapid fire? Is the laser chemical or electrical driven? Such intense heat needs rapid cooling somehow.
Sorry JinWoo, my monthly electric bill is more than 50 cents a month!
Well, did this new whiz-bang gadget hit anything? Buehler? Buehler?