U.S. Navy Tests World’s First Laser Weapons System
By: Jack Heretik,
The U.S. Navy recently tested the world's first-ever active laser weapons system, which is now deployed and ready for war.
The Laser Weapons System, or LaWS, is now deployed aboard the USS Ponce amphibious transport ship, where CNN was able to witness the system destroy a drone in flight and moving targets on the Persian Gulf.
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Its cost per use is also quite impressive for such a revolutionary new weapon: approximately $1 per shot. The $40 million system requires electrical power and a three-man team.
The LaWS is also extremely accurate. The system can target a single component of an enemy target, such as a boat's engine, and make it catch fire so that the entire vessel does not have to be destroyed and the Navy can avoid collateral damage.
Wow. This is a game-changer weapon.
Sci-fi stories have been describing beam weapons for over 50 years and now we have a real one deployed and in use by the US Navy.
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