A Ukrainian drone attack reveals the limits of laser warfare

A strange scene over the Black Sea adds an interesting wrinkle to the laser dazzlers now spreading across modern warfare.

This article is republished with permission from Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology.

The footage is 40 seconds long and, depending on your expectations, either mundane or extraordinary.

Shot from the deck of a vessel in the harbor of the Russian port city of Novorossiysk on the night of May 22-23 and published to social media by conflict tracker Exilenova Plus on May 28, a Ukrainian attack drone flies low across the fog-shrouded Black Sea........

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