Laser weapons deployed in Operation Epic Fury, as Space Force stops Iran’s missiles in their tracks

Michael Kaplan / NEW YORK POST 

Iranian weapon debris, blown to pieces or mechanically crippled, keeps dropping from the Middle East sky.

For that, we can thank heat-seeking satellites, military-grade malware and radar-jamming software, all made in America.

New technology laser weaponry has also been deployed against Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury, The Post has learned.

A US Navy destroyer vessel off the coast of the Middle East nation is fitted with the new weapon, which appears to be the High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system, videos released by US Central Command show.

Similarly, videos of the skies over the Israel-Lebanon border showed rockets being launched, only to explode seconds later. That has been widely, but unofficially, credited to the Israeli military’s new Iron Beam weapon, an advanced laser able to disable rockets and defend territory.

Neither the US Navy nor the Israeli military has confirmed or denied the use of lasers in Epic Fury, which began Feb. 28. However, the Navy said at the beginning of February it had taken out four drones in a test of HELIOS. Read more, see video and photos here.