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April 09, 2013

US Navy readies 'laser attack' weapon in 2014
Washington (AFP) April 9, 2013
The US Navy said it is preparing to roll out a sea-based laser weapon capable of disabling small enemy vessels and shooting down surveillance drones. The laser system will be deployed in 2014, two years ahead of schedule, aboard the USS Ponce, an amphibious transport ship retrofitted as a waterborne staging base, the Navy said Monday. Chief of Naval Research Admiral Matthew Klunder said the cost of one blast of "directed energy" could be less than $1. "Compare that to the hundreds of thousan ... read more

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