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Italian military chief envisions the Tempest fighter zapping missiles 4 days ago A visitor sits in the model of the Tempest fighter jet during the Farnborough Airshow, south west of London, on July 16, 2018. (Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images) ROME – Sixth-generation Tempest fighters firing laser beams will be able to take out hypersonic missiles in the future, Italy’s military chief of staff has claimed. Gen. Enzo Vecciarelli made the prediction at a Rome seminar on missile defense, stating that directed-energy weapons were “probably the future” when it came to stopping the hyperson...