In the United States experienced the world's first laser weapons

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The US Navy tested the world's first laser weapon (LaWS). Laser Weapons System).

Edition CNN witnessed the testing of weapons in the Persian Gulf.

The system of laser weapons placed on board the amphibious ship USS Ponce.

LaWS hits a target at a very high speed, 50 thousands of times faster than intercontinental ballistic missiles. Objects of destruction can be located both on the ground and in the air.

“We don't worry about wind, we don't worry about range, we don't worry about anything else. We are able to hit targets at the speed of light,” explained Lieutenant Cale Hughes.

To test the laser weapon, the Navy launched a target in the form of an unmanned aircraft, the laser maintenance team aimed the weapon at the target, the drone's wing caught fire almost instantly, and it fell into the sea. The blow occurred silently and unnoticed.

For the operation of a new type of weapon you need a supply of electricity, which comes from a small generator, and three people to maintain the laser. Hughes estimated the cost of a single use of weapons in one dollar.

Today, laser weapons disable aircraft and small boats. The military do not exclude the possibility of its use in countering the enemy’s missiles, now the Navy specialists are working to improve these weapons.

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