The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has released declassified footage of its DragonFire laser weapon.  DragonFire shoots a high-power beam at the speed of light. It’s so precise, it can fry a target the size of a coin from a kilometre away. This “never seen before” footage and imagery shows the laser cannon in action at a site in the Hebrides, a remote archipelago off the coast of Scotland. The video also includes CGI footage of the laser weapon zapping military drones out of the sky — one of DragonFire’s potential real life use cases.  DragonFire is being developed for…

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