A Ukrainian drone attack reveals the limits of laser warfare (opens in new tab)

This article is republished with permission from , 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 on May 28, a Ukrainian attack drone flies low across the fog-shrouded Black Sea toward a Russian warship. The footage shows Russian forces move to...