U.S. Navy Readying Laser Prototype For Deployment

U.S. Navy engineers are making final adjustments to the first laser weapon prototype to deploy aboard a ship, for tests scheduled this summer. The prototype, an improved version of the Laser Weapon System (LaWS), will be installed on Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB-I) USS Ponce for at-sea testing...

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