{"id":862099,"date":"2026-08-20T14:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/862099\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:36:16","slug":"australia-japan-unleash-new-boobook-high-energy-laser-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/862099\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia, Japan Unleash New \u2018Boobook\u2019 High-Energy Laser System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dronefront.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787147170_556_WhatsAppVideo2026-05-15at09.23.58.gif\" alt=\"The Drone Front\" width=\"1280\" height=\"539\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia and Japan are taking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minister.defence.gov.au\/media-releases\/2026-08-18\/successful-trial-laser-marks-deepening-australia-japan-defence-collaboration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">their<\/a> laser defense ambitions from the lab to the field, with the Boobook prototype completing its first field trials in South Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event brought together Canberra\u2019s Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG), Mitsubishi Electric Australia (MEA), and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Held at the Cultana Training Area, the testing generated data on Boobook\u2019s design and technical requirements that will inform its further development and commercialization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full story on\u00a0NextGen Defense: <a href=\"https:\/\/nextgendefense.com\/australia-japan-boobook-laser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Australia, Japan Unleash New \u2018Boobook\u2019 High-Energy Laser System<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Australia and Japan are taking their laser defense ambitions from the lab to the field, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,431752,431753,941,157600,430706,431754,44],"class_list":["post-862099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-ministry-of-defence","tag-directed-energy-weapons","tag-japan","tag-laser-communication","tag-laser-module","tag-laser-weapons","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}