Watch The U.S. Navy’s New Laser Weapon Take Out Two Ships

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[TangledUpInBlue]

The U.S. Navy announced Wednesday that a new laser weapon deployed into Persian Gulf earlier this year performed seamlessly during testing that wrapped up in November, and declared the weapon a success.

Deployed for the first time aboard the U.S.S. Ponce in September, the Office of Naval Research released a video Wednesday of the LaWS (laser weapon system) taking out two test targets

[TangledUpInBlue]

Bitchin

[GeronL]

bump

[anoldafvet]

They should aim it at the U.S. Capitol

[skinkinthegrass]

Science Ping!KEWL! ..Warning shots across the bow to the Iranians
Did VarJar/"Bathhouse" know about this?

[dfwgator]

[tcrlaf]

excellent advance in technology...

Now what happens when the seas aren’t calm as glass, and it rains??

[MrB]

Crank it up to 11.

[Mathews]

BFL

[GeronL]

cool

[USNBandit]

This almost makes Surface Warfare cool.......almost.

[Army Air Corps]

Did VarJar/"Bathhouse" know about this?

Only if it is mentioned on CNN or Sports Center.

[central_va]

Laser

[Red Steel]

A UFO shooter ;-)

[BBell]

When will the Navy come up with a smaller version that can be fitted on sharks?

[SkyDancer]

How long before 0bama gives it to ISIS?

[7thOF7th]

What nobody talks about is the use of these weapons on enemy combatants. At less than a dollar a shot and with the precision it delivers, it will be a BBQ. That kind of weapon will take the fight out of many of them.

[BBell]

How long until the ChiComs come up with their own Laser that will suspiciously resemble ours?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Ships? Those were hardly boats.

[teeman8r]

especially when they smell bacon

[KarlInOhio]

Finally something for the Navy's counter-shark warfare division.