{
  "id": 17866,
  "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91585347/the-cold-war-legend-of-romanias-tank-melting-laser?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss",
  "title": "The Cold War legend of Romania’s tank-melting laser",
  "summary": "This article is republished with permission from  Laser Wars , a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Every conflict gets the legend it deserves. The French-born pirate Jean Lafitte became a “ battlefield hero ” while fighting for the United States during the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. The beloved American TV host Fred Rogers was allegedly a deadly sniper during the Vietnam War. And amid the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a singl",
  "authors": "Jared Keller",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us,russia",
  "published_at": "2026-08-09T10:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-10T05:10:00.488Z",
  "source_slug": "x-fast-company-tech",
  "source_name": "Fast Company Tech",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.fastcompany.com/technology",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17866",
  "original_url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91585347/the-cold-war-legend-of-romanias-tank-melting-laser?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}