http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/05 ... ts-at-sea/

 

 

For years, the U.S. Navy has been pursuing a workable ray gun that could provide a leap ahead in ship self-defenses. Now, with a series of tests of a system called the Laser Weapon System, or LaWS), it may be one step closer to that goal.

 

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the service

That's some serious wattage out of a fiber laser.

 

Awesome. The super high wattage lasers are all chemical lasers which make them a giant boat anchor as far as I'm concerned. A fiber laser is a horse of a different color entirely.

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