Laser weapons deployed in Operation Epic Fury, as Space Force stops Irans missiles in their tracks

Iranian weapon debris, blown to pieces or mechanically crippled, keeps dropping from the Middle East sky.For that, we can thank heat-seeking satellites, military-grade malware and radar-jamming software, all made in America.New technology laser weaponry has also been deployed against Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury, The Post has learned.A US Navy destroyer vessel off the coast of the Middle East nation is fitted with the new weapon, which appears to be the High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system, videos released by US Central Command show.The laser is a state-of-the-art device with a steerable head, able to concentrate a “intense, tightly focused beam” of energy and take out drones, according to keen-eyed military watchers.Similarly, videos of the skies over the Israel-Lebanon border showed rockets being launched, only to explode seconds later.That has been widely, but unofficially, credited to the Israeli military’s new Iron Beam weapon, an advanced laser able to disable rockets and defend territory.Neither the US Navy nor the Israeli military has confirmed or denied the use of lasers in Epic Fury, which began Feb.

28.However, the Navy said at the beginning of February it had taken out four drones in a test of HELIOS.During the first 72 hours of battle, 1,700 targets were struck by US forces.

Over 200 of Iran’s ballistic missile launchers have been destroyed, about half of those the nation possessed.Additionally, dozens more of the launchers have been made inoperable.

Hundreds of missiles have been destroyed, foiling them from doing their damage.The US’s precision strikes against missile silos, nuclear facilities and leaders have been hailed a huge success, with minimal losses on US and Israeli sides.Those strikes have been made possible by devices operated higher off the ground than previously — from space.The US Space Force, established in 2019, is critical for air and sea forces to know where and wh...