This German Laser Is Made To Shoot Down Drones

This is a real laser gun that's marketed to real militaries in our real reality. Drones are smaller, slower, cheaper, and lower-flying targets than most airplanes, which makes them a weird threat to modern militaries. Even when just scouting, and especially if outfitted with explosives, the unmanned aerial vehicles are dangerous enough to warrant their destruction, but cheap enough that it doesn't make sense to use a missile. Enter the laser cannons, like this one on display at the Eurosatory 2016 Land and Airland Defence and Security tradeshow. Made by Germany's Rheinmetall, the Oerlikon Skyshield High Energy Laser is part of a larger system of sensors and weapons.