Israel will deploy its first full-power Iron Beam laser defense battery by year’s end, with senior defense officials declaring the system will “fundamentally change the rules of engagement on the battlefield” as the Jewish state braces for continued clashes with Iran and its terror proxies.

Speaking on Monday at the DefenseTech conference in Tel Aviv, Brig. Gen. (Res.) Dr. Danny Gold — head of the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Defense Research & Development (DDR&D) — said the high-energy laser system, known in Hebrew as Or Eitan, has completed development and will be handed over to the IDF on December 30.

Gold said his directorate is “prepared to deliver initial operational capability” to the military, emphasizing that Israel is “already advancing the next generations” of laser defen

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