Exclusive: CNN witnesses US Navy's drone-killing laser
By Jim Sciutto and Dominique van Heerden, CNN
Updated 7:22 AM ET, Tue July 18, 2017
Watch the US Navy's laser weapon in action 01:35
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CNN was granted exclusive access to a live-fire test of the laser
The system which cost $40 million does not use ammunition and only costs a dollar a shot
(CNN)In the sometimes hostile waters of the Persian Gulf looms the US Navy's first -- in fact, the world's first -- active laser weapon.
The LaWS, an acronym for Laser Weapons System, is not science fiction. It is not experimental. It is deployed on board the USS Ponce amphibious transport ship, ready to be fired at targets today and every day by Capt. Christopher Wells and his crew.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/17/politics/us-navy-drone-laser-weapon/index.html
