President Trump, in a March 2 Truth Social post, said the "United States Munitions Stockpiles have, at the medium and upper medium grade, never been higher or better - As was stated to me today, we have a virtually unlimited supply of these weapons." For AeroVironment's lasers to be used in the Iran war by states other than the U.S., the Pentagon and the State Department would have to approve the sale to the Gulf states because of the national security aspect of the technology. He said that's not the case — if the laser shot a beam at a plane, it wouldn't burn through, disable and crash the flight.
Author: Lesley Stahl, Aliza Chasan, Shachar Bar-On
Published at: 2026-03-15 23:18:51
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