This newly released footage shows the Dragonfire laser directed energy weapon system in action and it could be in the hands of military personnel in 5 years time it destroys targets with an intense beam of light and has pinpoint accuracy it's able to hit something the size of a One pound coin from a kilometer away so we we've been talking about the cost of firing the a laser weapon to be 10 a shot and and really all we're talking about is is the cost of the energy that you need to fire the laser weapon um Obviously once you've got the got the system in place in the first place and that compares very favorably with with missiles which might be thousands or tens of thousands or even more um per single shot scientists say Dragonfire proved itself in testing in Scotland and has the potential to transform the UK's Defense capability it could be used on land or C and would remove the Reliance on high cost ammunition drones are a really good example of the kinds of targets that that a laser weapon would be very effective against and certainly in our demonstrations uh drones are one of the targets that we've successfully Engaged on a number of occasions at really useful ranges Britain isn't alone in developing this technology militaries around the world see the advantage like Israel which has iron beam designed to destroy short- range objects too close for the Iron Dome system we don't like to compare Dragonfire too specifically With what's being done in other countries um because they have their own research programs which we're not privy to but what I would note is that the the Dragon Fire Technology that we've designed is UK bespoke technology um which is owned by us and and can be used by US in Support of of of generating laser weapons for our own Platforms in in in future Dragonfire is now back from Scotland and will potentially be involved in further trials CLA Sadler forces new thanks for watching for more from forces's news like And subscribe to our Channel