U.S. Army Is One Step Closer To Having Laser Weapons

Artist’s rendition of Lockheed’s 100 high-energy laser. (Image: Lockheed-Martin) 

FOX News/Warior Maven: Army achieves new high-powered laser weapon breakthrough 

Army developers and New York University scientists may have achieved a technical breakthrough. Firing lasers from fighter jets while in combat, hitting enemy hypersonic missiles in space and incinerating enemy drones from armored combat vehicles are all missions intended for fast-emerging, now-in-development laser weapons. Lasers and many laser technologies such as rangefinders and spotters are of course already used in many applications, including deployed Navy ships. At the same time, the Pentagon and military services are moving quickly to develop newer, stronger, more-mobile laser weapons. Much of this includes “laser scaling” and “size, weight and power” improvements intended to engineer lasers able to arm fighter jets and even destroy enemy ICBMs in space. 

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Update: Army Develops New High-Powered Laser Capable of Using Small Particles' Self-Assembly to Create '3D Diamond' Lattice (Tech Times). 

WNU Editor: We are still a long way-off from having deployable laser weapons.

Update #2: Maybe we are not a long way-off .... US Army could have powerful laser weapons by 2024 (Asia Times).