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The US Navy says it is preparing to roll out a sea-based laser weapon capable of disabling small enemy vessels and shooting down surveillance drones.
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 12 days ago)
The U.S. Navy is going to put a laser weapon on one of its ships for the first time ever. Navy leaders announced on Monday at the Sea-Air-Space exposition in National Harbor, Maryland, a plan to deploy a solid-state laser aboard a ship in fiscal year 2014. The announcement to deploy the laser onboard the USS Ponce comes on the same day the Navy published a video on YouTube...
ibtimes.com (1 month and 13 days ago)

It may sound like something out of Star Wars but the US Navy has released footage of a laser weapon on a warship that it says can target and set fire to drones.
independent.co.uk (1 month and 12 days ago)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said on Monday it will deploy for the first time a laser weapon on one of its ships that could be capable of shooting down drones and disabling vessels.
chicagotribune.com (1 month and 13 days ago)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said on Monday it will deploy for the first time a laser weapon on one of its ships that could be capable of shooting down drones and disabling vessels.
reuters.com (1 month and 13 days ago)
The Navy is going to sea for the first time with a laser attack weapon that has been shown in tests to disable patrol boats and blind or destroy surveillance drones.
palmbeachpost.com (1 month and 13 days ago)

The US Navy took a step farther away from John Paul Jones and closer to James T. Kirk as it announced that a solid-state laser weapon will be deployed on a US Navy ship in fiscal year 2014. The announcement that the Laser Weapon System (LaWS) will deployed on board USS Ponce (AFSB[I] 15) two years ahead of schedule was made on Monday at the Sea-Air-Space exposition, National...
gizmag.com (1 month and 12 days ago)

It may sound like something out of Star Wars but the US Navy has released footage of a laser weapon on a warship that it says can target and set fire to drones.
independent.co.uk (1 month and 12 days ago)
The U.S. Navy is preparing to deploy an experimental laser weapon to the Persian Gulf, where it could be used to deter Iran from using small boats to attack American warships.
wsj.com (1 month and 12 days ago)
The American Navy is to deploy a laser weapon to the Persian Gulf in the first operational deployment of an...
thetimes.co.uk (1 month and 12 days ago)
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