DARPA POWER will Distant Military Bases with Laser-Beaming Drones

​In 2009, Wired reported that the U.S. war in Afghanistan used an average of 22 gallons of diesel fuel per soldier each day. In addition to the market price, fuel costs $45 a gallon to haul to the battlefield. “Fuel,” Wired reported, “has to be driven into Afghanistan’s isolated bases. Which opens up U.S. convoy …