re: Israel has successfully tested the new “Iron Beam” laser interception system.

Actually, I remember several years ago reading that we already have this tech mounted in AWACS-type aircraft. If I remember correctly, the tricky thing is to hold it on a dead spot on a hypersonic missle long enough for it to melt through the housing and destroy the warhead. They weren’t aiming at taking out the missle, just shanking the warhead. And you’ve gotta fly close to the missle path, so, there is literally milliseconds for it to work… and if it blows, so do you.