By Gianluca Di Feo
(La Repubblica)
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From the brightest light will spring darkness.
This sounds like an apocalyptic prophecy, but it is simply the description of laser weapons, which are not science fiction at all but are already operational all over the world.
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Although Russian Deputy Prime Minister Borisov's announcement of the deployment of such a system in Ukraine has been met with skepticism, the arrival of the "killer ray" on the battlefield is now only a matter of month.
Advances in technology over the past decade have paved the way for a revolution in weaponry that could wipe out five centuries of gunpowder and bullets.
The force of destruction will no longer be measured in caliber, as for artillery today, but in kilowatts.
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