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Lasers: Weapons

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN HL15219, tabled on 11 April 2019

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the development of high energy laser weapons systems.

Answered on

25 April 2019

The Ministry of Defence Strategic Programmes team has established a Novel Weapons team to build on the work carried out by Defence Science and Technology. It is preparing the Ministry of Defence for the introduction of capabilities, including High Energy Lasers. A range of Capability Demonstration Programmes will be undertaken to accelerate the introduction of Directed Energy Weapons by approximately 10 years and further inform the Armed Forces of their utility.