Futuristic Laser Weapon Ready for Action, US Navy Says

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http://www.livescience.com/49099-laser-weapon-system-ready.html

The next generation of futuristic weapons has arrived. The U.S. Navy announced that its high-tech laser weapon is ready to disable and destroy enemy drones and small boats, should the need arise.

The 30-kilowatt laser weapon system (LaWS) is housed aboard the USS Ponce, a naval vessel stationed in the Arabian Gulf— a body of water located south of Iraq that separates the Saudi Arabian peninsula from Iran.

While sailors have not yet used the new laser to destroy any real enemy targets, the Navy is prepared to do just that, if necessary, according to Rear. Adm. Matthew Klunder, chief of naval research. [7 Technologies That Transformed Warfare]

"On USS Ponce, LaWS has been in test and development mode since August 2014 in the Gulf. We are now beyond testing – it's operational and the laser weapon is not in a box waiting for a special occasion,"Klunder told reporters at a news briefing Wednesday (Dec. 10) in Washington, D.C.

[NuclearDem]

1. PEW PEW PEW

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3. PEW PEW!

we don't have a laser smiley

[SamKnause]

2. The United States

is in dire need of a Peace Department !!!!!