The Air Force Is Putting Laser Guns on Fighter Jets
Like something out of G.I. Joe, or even Star Wars, the U.S. Air Force is working with aerospace defense firm Lockheed Martin to deploy lasers on fighter jets by 2025. The program even has a super comic book-y title -- going by "SHiELD" (yes, with a lower-case 'I'), aka "Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator." It's very reminiscent of Hydra turncoat Grant Ward's quote on Marvel's Agents of SHIELD when he […]
