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Australia wants to build a laser that can stop a tank. Here's why 'directed energy weapons' are on the military wishlist

Written by: Sean O'Byrne, Associate Professor, Deputy Head of School (Research), School of Engineering and Information Technology, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney

Australia wants to build a laser that can stop a tank. Here's why 'directed energy weapons' are on the military wishlist

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“God mode”, for those who aren’t gamers, is a mode of operation (or cheat) built into some types of games based around shooting things. In God mode you are invulnerable to damage and you never run out of ammunition.

There’s no God mode in real life, of course, but the world’s military organisations are very...

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