Laser Weapons Will Be Deployed At Cape Canaveral Spaceport To Take Down Drones

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station plans to add a laser directed-energy system to a broader layered defense against unauthorized drones. Space Launch Delta 45 says the modernization will combine detection, tracking, situational awareness and defensive capabilities to protect personnel, launch complexes and national-security payloads at an increasingly busy spaceport. Hundreds of drone incursions have been reported in the surrounding region, but officials have not identified the laser model, contractor, cost or operational date, so the announcement describes a planned capability rather than a system already in service.