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U.S. Military Is Using Laser Weapons In Battle [Forbes]

Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) 
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BlueHalo's Locust laser air defense system, which is designed to shoot down small drones, rockets and mortar shells. T he United States military has invested tens of billions of dollars over a half-century in the research and development of directed energy weapons. Now, it's actually using them in battle. The Army has used lasers to take down hostile drones in the Middle East, Doug Bush, the Army's head of acquisitions, recently told Forbes . It's the first time the Defense Department has acknowledged that such weapons have been used in combat. “They've worked in some cases,” Bush said. “In the right conditions they're highly effective against certain threats.” He declined to detail the weapons used, but one appears to be a system called P-HEL. It's based on the defense contractor BlueHalo's Locust laser, a boxy pallet-mounted device for fixed-site defense that's commanded with an Xbox gaming controller. The weapon is designed to discharge a relatively low-powered 20-kilowa Show less Read more
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