I dunno about what Israel is doing, but a ship usually has enough power to fire 1 or 2 lasers at a time. It takes 10s of seconds to destroy a drone, and each drone stays in range for 1 or 2 minutes.

Or, that is their advertised capabilities. Countries that buy them usually complain that they don't work as well on practice.

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thaumasiotes an hour ago | parent [-]

Well, assume the advertised capabilities are realistic. Assume it takes 15 seconds to destroy a drone, the drone stays in range for 2 minutes, and you can fire on 2 drones at a time.

You can destroy 16 drones every 2 minutes. If you get attacked by 50 drones, you'll get 16-20 of them. Did that help you?

	▲	marcosdumay an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, the scenario makes it clearer. I mean, they are helpful (if they work as well as the marketing material says). Just not transformative or sufficient.