WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Navy Unveils World’s First Active Laser Weapon In Persian Gulf.
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.
It costs “about a dollar a shot” to fire.