Lonewolf_50, They are saying that some of the missile defense will be on a UAV and they have a gen 3 laser that will be a UAV. (2015 summit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqAZ...QaB7dG5EioPObV )
General Atomics: Third-Gen Electric Laser Weapon Now Ready | Technology content from Aviation Week
http://aviationweek.com/defense/usaf...ers-ready-2020
USAF: Tactical Lasers Ready By 2020
LO:Why is this thread still being cluttered by attempts to conflate HEL and DIRCM.
although they are saying that the 2 will be combined and only have one system, It's just the tech used in both HEL and OZDIRCM are next gen optical fiber that I was initially answering to glad rag. They are far different to the "book' sized mirror DRICM you seem to be referring to.