It's official;
directed energy weapons are here to stay.
https://twitter.com/JulianRoepcke/st...329216/photo/1
Ukraine has received the Blighter AUDS Anti-UAV Defence System (being incorrectly reported as a Laser weapon system -- probably because it doesn't look like anything seen before)
https://www.blighter.com/products/au...efence-system/
Which basically zaps UAVs with microwave jamming.
EDIT: The reason people got confused is that apparently AUDS is currently used with the PHEL Laser prototype under test -- AUDS in that application provides support to the PHEL laser unit by locating, tracking and (if necessary) jamming hostile UAVs -- presumably to keep PHEL from being targeted by enemy UAVs in swarm attacks?