Laser weapons edge closer to battlefield usage
This is what a 60-kilowatt laser might look like when mounted on an Army truck, according to Lockheed Martin.
By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 27, 2017
The toy-like drones destroyed during an Army field exercise at Fort Sill, Okla., last month weren’t anything special; however, the way they were brought down — zapped out of the sky by lasers mounted on a Stryker armored vehicle — might grab people’s attention.
The first soldier to try out the lasers was Spc. Brandon Sallaway, a forward observer with the 4th Infantry Division. He used a Mobile Expeditionary High Energy Laser to shoot down an 18-by-10-inch drone at 650 yards, an Army statement said.
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