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Ep 267: Michael Lurie on Israel’s New Laser Weapon

School of War · Jan 20, 2026 · 44:40

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Michael Lurie, CEO and President of Rafael USA, joins the show to explain how High Energy Lasers and Iron Beam will change missile & air defense, not to mention warfare itself, forever.

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02:34 The evolution of missile defense

05:09 Iron Dome & Iron Beam

08:04 How do lasers work?

15:16 Limitations

20:07 Integrating systems 

25:28 Future applications 

30:09 Lessons from field testing

40:15 American interest



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