Tag: lasers
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As U.S. burns through large munitions, lawmakers call for cheaper solutions to bring down drones
While the U.S. conflict with Iran is on hold, some military experts and members of Congress are concerned about how quickly American forces burned through expensive munitions and how long it could take to replace those stockpiles. Over 39 days, more than half of the American stockpiles of critical defensive munitions used to intercept other…
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Space Command general gets questions on Alabama move, but has few answers for senators
The general atop U.S. Space Command told federal lawmakers Tuesday that he doesn’t know how much it would cost to uproot his headquarters to Alabama or how many of the command’s civilian workers — two-thirds of his staff — would follow it south. During a Senate hearing, Gen. James Dickinson said the command now plans…