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Palmeri stresses that this technology isn’t merely for battlefield superiority but serves a strategic purpose rooted in deterrence. With systems capable of detecting, tracking, and countering enemy laser weapons and other directed energy attacks, the U.S. can neutralize threats preemptively. If Chinese lasers are rendered ineffective against American soldiers equipped with these shields, it raises the cost and risk for potential aggressors, discouraging conflict.