Source: Overseas Network
On December 14, the U.S. military tested the footage of laser weapons
According to the US media "Business Insider" reported on December 16, the US Navy said that on December 14, local time, the "Portland" amphibious dock transport ship conducted a shipboard solid-state laser weapon test in the gulf of Aden and successfully destroyed a stationary water target.
According to the report, this test can test whether the laser weapon can protect the ship from small boats or unmanned ships. In May 2020, the warship also tested shooting down a drone with a laser weapon.
In May 2020, the U.S. warship tested the laser weapon screen
It is understood that the laser weapon tested this time is the LWSD MK2 MOD 0 prototype jointly developed by the US Naval Research Office and Nogues Corporation, with a power of 150 kilowatts. Some military experts believe that high-energy laser weapons have the advantages of high-speed launch and high hit rate, but they also face a series of technical problems, such as the US Navy's 150-kilowatt laser weapon prototype, which can only be installed on a large and powerful ship such as an amphibious transport ship. (Overseas Network Liu Qiang)