Israel is turning to a high-tech weapon to stop a low-tech threat.
Kites, balloons and even inflated condoms, launched across the Gaza border into southern Israel by Hamas and other Palestinian groups, have become a major problem for the Israeli military. Cheap to make and simple to launch, and fitted with incendiary devices, explosives or even flaming rags, they have set thousands of acres of Israeli farmland and parkland ablaze.
Israel Is Using Lasers to Shoot Down Flaming Kites (and Explosive Condoms)
Kites, balloons and even inflated condoms, launched across the Gaza border into southern Israel by Hamas and other Palestinian groups, have become a major problem for the Israeli military. Cheap to make and simple to launch, and fitted with incendiary devices, explosives or even flaming rags, they have set thousands of acres of Israeli farmland and parkland ablaze.
Israel Is Using Lasers to Shoot Down Flaming Kites (and Explosive Condoms)