Question follow-through · 18162
Lasers: Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on extending the range of radio frequency directed energy weapons.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on extending the range of radio frequency directed energy weapons.
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has committed to developing and continuing to invest in UK Sovereign Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) technology, to provide cutting edge capability to the Armed Forces at pace. Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon sare a new ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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