– The US Navy has completed some pretty historic target practice, yesterday announcing that it has for the first time successfully deployed its laser weapon system from aboard a naval vessel. In a release, it calls the use of the cutting-edge weapon historic in more ways than one: the demonstrations, completed aboard the USS Ponce between September and November, didnt just prove that the laser works. (Specifically, it was able to hit targets affixed to a speeding boat and optically dazzle and later take down a drone, as shown in a video released by the Navy.) LaWS did so seamlessly with existing ship defense systems, even on occasions where the weather was poor—windy, or exceptionally hot or humid.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:54:43 +0000
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