Why Laser Beams Are the Hottest New Tech in Defense
The Odd Lots podcast hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway speak with Wayne Sanders, a former U.S. Army colonel and current senior defense research analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, about the evolving role of directed energy weapons—specifically high-energy lasers and high-powered micro
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