Military Working On Laser Powered Drones 95
disco_tracy writes "Modern militaries depend on fuel. Nearly 80 percent of the supplies delivered to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan consist of fuel, and it's no surprise that those military convoys are frequently the targets of insurgents. In the last decade, 1000 soldiers have died delivering gasoline to military operations. A new approach using lasers could provide power to drones in flight or to machines on the ground and remove the need for gas deliveries to army bases."
Gasoline? (Score:1, Informative)
In the last decade, 1000 soldiers have died delivering gasoline to military operations.
Not sure who these soldiers could be, since NATO uses diesel, not gasoline.