{
  "id": 13142974,
  "title": "Can Lasers Beat Drone Swarms? The Pentagon Is About to Find Out",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/can-lasers-beat-drone-swarms-the-pentagon-is-about-to-find-out",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
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    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/International/Can-Lasers-Beat-Drone-Swarms-The-Pentagon-Is-About-to-Find-Out.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The enormous expansion of drone warfare is forcing militaries to reconsider how much ammunition they can afford to fire at relatively cheap targets. The Pentagon is betting that some of that ammunition can be replaced with electricity, selecting four directed-energy systems for operational testing at five U.S. military bases. The Pentagon selected AeroVironment’s (NASDAQ: AVAV) Palletized…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}