Shooting down a drone cheaper than coffee

“HELWS (High-Energy Laser Weapon System) is capable of eliminating targets specified as drones at the price of a cup of coffee per shot with an invisible ray of light,” says Jeff E. Newsom III, manager of advanced Power Laser Requirements and Capabilities at Raytheon Inteligence & Space. He stresses that this changes the cost-effect ratio in favour of defence systems. With conventional kinetic weapons, a drone or rocket is frequently cheaper than a projectile utilized to destruct it.