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At a Puckapunyal range, where tanks and explosions are commonplace, last month a new type of weapon system was put through its paces for senior officers looking to expand Defence’s counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAS) arsenal.

"LASER: Modern warfare’s strategic weapon: Why light could be the defence industry’s most ubiquitous tool", focuses on the growing role of laser technologies in transforming intelligence capabilities within the defence and national security sectors.

Australian troops could soon be equipped with a locally developed and transportable laser that is designed to shoot down lethal enemy drones travelling as fast as 100 kilometres per hour.

AIM Defence, creator of Australia’s first laser-based counter-drone system, has been selected by the Canadian Department of National Defence to demonstrate its Fractl high power laser system in an international counter-drone exercise later this year.