US Navy Has 30-Kilowatt Laser Weapon

by Cheri Roberts, Challenging the Rhetoric, The Guerilla Media Network

It’s not science-fiction anymore. Laser weapons are here and in a big way. The Laser Weapon System, or LaWS as the US Navy calls it, is no longer in testing phases and is instead fully-operational and ready for use whenever necessary.

In a Pentagon press conference, Rear Admiral Matthew Klunder, the chief of naval research, said,

“We’re not testing any more – it’s working.”

RawStory reports,

The US navy has demonstrated a ship-mounted laser weapon system in the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Iran, capable of destroying targets on speeding boats or even aircraft with pin-point accuracy, it told reporters Wednesday.

The laser weapon is 30 kilowatts in power, which makes it 30m times more powerful than a hand-held laser pointer. It can be run at lower power, to “dazzle” – which disrupts or damages sensors and instruments – or at full power to destroy targets.

The Navy provided a demonstration in the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Iran.

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