USS Portland's high-powered laser disables drone in weapon's first at-sea test

USS Portland's high-powered laser disables drone in weapon's first at-sea test

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Pearl Harbor (USN) May 22, 2020

Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0 on May 16. LWSD is a high-energy laser weapon system demonstrator developed by the Office of Naval Research and installed on Portland for an at-sea demonstration. LWSD's operational em

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