US Navy tests $40 million laser weapon in Persian Gulf

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UK Telegraph:

The US Navy has tested an experimental laser weapon on one of its naval bases in the Persian Gulf.

 

The 30 kilowatt Laser Weapon System (LaWS) was installed aboard USS Ponce this summer as part of a $40 million research and development project.

 

The video, released by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), shows the LaWS system detonating a rocket propelled grenade and burning out the engine of a rigid hull inflatable boat.