It’s nothing earth shattering and certainly not anything a three inch shell couldn’t accomplish, but you need to start somewhere. Naval laser torches small boat in test Northrop Grumman’s Maritime Laser Demonstrator (MLD) is a 15 kilowatt solid state laser specifically designed to be mounted on ships. On Wednesday, the MLD underwent its first test, [...]
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