Israel will be breaking the PA's balloons if they don't stop

The Palestinian Authority and the fightin' Hamassholes like to fly fire balloons and kites into Israel and create problems for the Jewish people there, and hopefully burn someone there in the process.

Since necessity is the mother of invention, [Plato was a very smart guy], the Israelis came up with an invention that was necessary to assuage the problem that was created by the so-called Palestinians. It's called the "Light Blade."

The "Light Blade" system is the first of its kind that has the capability to knock down kites and balloons, say the Israeli police, who have successfully tested the new defensive weapon as reported in Israel Hayom. The system can even take down armed drones that are coming from Iranian-backed militias in the north.

Called “Light Blade,” it is a laser system that looks much like a miniature Iron Dome, and it will bust those balloons and kites. First it tracks the airborne object, locks onto it, then blasts the hell out of it with a unique laser beam. If the object is a balloon loaded with flammable material, it will explode on the terrorist's side of the border. If it is a drone, the motor will burn out and it will crash harmlessly into the ground.

The Light Blade can work in the night or in the day. It has a range of about two-kilometers [or about one and a quarter miles]. It is also a bargain to own, say the police, thus it will enable the security forces to equip themselves quickly with a large quantity of them.

The "Light Blade" was developed over last year by three Isaelis who are experts in electro-optics and lasers: Prof. Ami Yeshaya, Dr. Rami Aharoni and Dr. Udi Ben Ami. Their company is called OptiDefense and has formed a cooperative effort with the police to combat terrorism from the Gaza Strip.

Kudos go out to Border Police chief Yaakov Shabtai, the Technology Research Department of the Border Police, Ben Gurion University [Go! Fightin' Yarmulkes] and the Infrastructure Development and Technology departments of the Israeli Defense Force, all of which were involved in the project and the design of the model. Private investors also helped fund the million dollar project along with the security authorities.

Israel’s Channel 12 News witnessed a string of tests that the Light Blade passed with flying colors and busted balloons.

“The system provides an almost complete response to the threat of balloons and kites and provides an effective and safe solution to the drone threat,” said Shabtai to the network.

Arson balloons flown from the Gaza Strip have caused millions of dollars of ecological damage in the south, burning thousands of acres of cropland and forests. Now it's time to start breaking them and having them explode elsewhere.

Armed drones are viewed as more of a threat from the North, as the IDF has had to deal with these airborne attacks launched from Syria by Iranian forces.

The new technology is in the process of being patented.

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