Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Navy's New Laser Weapon Blasts Bad Guys From Air & Sea [video]

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Navy's New Laser Weapon Blasts Bad Guys From Air, Sea (ABC News)
ABC OTUS News - Navy's New Laser Weapon Blasts Bad Guys From Air, Sea (ABC News)
             No longer the fantasy weapon of tomorrow, the U.S. Navy is set to field a powerful laser that can protect its ships by blasting targets with high-intensity light beams.
Early next year the Navy will place a laser weapon aboard a ship in the Persian Gulf where it could be used to fend off approaching unmanned aerial vehicles or speedboats.
The Navy calls its futuristic weapon LAWS, which stands for the Laser Weapon System. What looks like a small telescope is actually a weapon that can track a moving target and fire a steady laser beam strong enough to burn a hole through steel...Continue reading... [link]

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