OT: Real World HELs

It's off topic, but might be interesting to you guys on the list. Today the US
Army just tested a HEL against a missile in flight and was able to shoot the
thing down. The HEL was developed with Israel and the press release

says that Israel will soon start deploying these systems along Israel's
northern border to protect the country against missile attacks. Interesting
stuff... you can see the press release on Yahoo.