A laser gun that can shoot down drones has been used fro the first time from a British Army vehicle.
The so-called High Energy Laser Weapon system was mounted on an Army Wolfhound armoured vehicle.
The test marks the first time the UK has managed to get a "lightweight portable" laser onto a vehicle and fire successfully.
The MoD said the tests “saw the laser weapon neutralise targets at the speed of light from more than 1km away”.
The lightning fast beam costs “less than a cup of tea” per shot and never runs out of ammo – as long as it has power.
It takes two soldiers to operate and less than two weeks to learn how to use it, the MoD said.
The weapon’s maker, Raytheon, said it has already downed more than 400 targets in similar tests in America. Soldiers are due to test it in “real-world scenarios” later this year.