The U.S. Navy is now just two years away from arming it’s ships with the first generation of ‘directed energy’ laser weapons.
According to Rear Admiral Matthew Klunder, the chief of the Office of Naval Research, a series of successful tests in recent months have enabled the Navy to halve its predicted timeline for mounting laser weapons on vessels.
A shot from a laser weapon is estimated to cost the Navy the equivalent of less than a dollar.
U.S. Navy just two years away from arming warships with laser weapons capable of destroying incoming missiles and aircraft | Mail Online