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Zap! US Navy reveals startling photo of its new laser beam warship weapon firing at a cruise missile
The US Navy successfully tested its new laser weapon mounted on a warship. The dramatic photo above depicts the High Energy ...
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US Navy fires its high-powered laser weapon that could obliterate warships and drones, incredible photo shows
A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed “Helios” — from one of its warships. The undated image, which was published in the US Center ...
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U.S. Army Reveals New Plans for High-Energy Laser Weapon to Combat Drones
The U.S. Army says a powerful new laser weapon prototype is being developed to detect and destroy small unmanned aerial ...
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A Navy Destroyer Has Been Armed with the HELIOS Laser
Preble is the service’s first destroyer to be equipped with the 60-kilowatt directed energy laser system. While only a few of the Navy’s vessels feature the new weapon, experts expect HELIOS ...
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US Naval Vessel Laser Weapon Test Video
For the first time, a laser weapon system (LaWS) was successfully operated aboard a US Navy ship. A demonstration of LaWS took place in November aboard the USS Ponce while it was deployed to the ...