It’s been nearly three years since the U.S. Navy fielded its first operable laser cannon aboard a warship at sea — a 33-kilowatt, $40 million Laser Weapon System (LaWS). Since then, the Navy’s ambitions have only gotten bigger.
It’s been nearly three years since the U.S. Navy fielded its first operable laser cannon aboard a warship at sea — a 33-kilowatt, $40 million Laser Weapon System (LaWS). Since then, the Navy’s ambitions have only gotten bigger.