The US Air Force is putting death rays on fighter jets. Yes, death rays

while flying the deadly skies? With a little help from lasers. The US Air Force is working with Lockheed Martin on a defence system called Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD), a pod-mounted laser that will protect fighters from incoming air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles. The system, which the air force wants to place on planes by the mid-2020s, will likely initially protect older fighters