"LDEW" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2024 January 20, Mike Merritt, “Fired from Scots isle, laser gun that can hit a £1 coin from half a mile”, in Daily Mail, page 22:",
          "text": "DragonFire, a laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW), achieved the first UK firing of a high-power laser against an aerial target.",
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          "ref": "2024 March 14, Tom Porter, “Britain shows off a laser weapon that could take out drones for as little as $13”, in Business Insider, US edition:",
          "text": "The UK’s Ministry of Defence has released new footage of its laser weapon DragonFire being tested. The video showed the laser-directed energy weapon, or LDEW, system successfully shooting an aerial target in tests off the coast of Scotland in January.",
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        "(military) Initialism of laser-directed energy weapon."
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