Wars go high-techAccording to The New York Times, President Trump told reporters last week that lasers would soon be able to do the work of Patriot missile interceptors “at a lot less cost.”“The laser technology that we have now is incredible,” Trump said. As a result, the US hastily redeployed THAAD missile batteries from South Korea to the Middle East to improve their defenses. The Economist explained that the US and Israel can “identify targets more precisely and more quickly than ever before possible. Intelligence reports and defense analysts believe that China is even providing significant indirect and direct intelligence support to Iran. Our military should start training for today’s and tomorrow’s wars, not the wars of the past.

Source: Philippine Star March 15, 2026 16:48 UTC