U.S. Navy Successfully Tests Super Precise Laser Weapon System In The Persian Gulf

Zap Wars: U.S. Navy Successfully Tests Laser Weapon in the Persian Gulf -- Time

Service says ray gun can handle multiple threats at 59 cents a shot

For decades, the Pentagon has been saying that laser weapons are just around the corner. Thursday, the U.S. military finally turned that corner.

The Navy announced that it had deployed and fired a laser weapon this fall aboard a warship in the Persian Gulf. During a series of test shots, the laser hit and destroyed targets mounted atop a small boat, blasted a six-foot drone from the sky, and destroyed other moving targets.

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