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Iain Boyd was interviewed by The Atlantic for an article on laser based-weapons, which until recently were largely the realm of science fiction.Ìý

Boyd, a professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, is a national security expert and also the director of the 91´«Ã½ Center for National Security Initiatives.Ìý

“This is a technology that has been under development for decades and it’s only really now just really starting to enter the public view," Boyd said.

The article focuses on advances made in both by the United States and Ukraine, as well as the pluses and minuses of military lasers.