US Navy Shoots Down Drone Using Laser Beam In Historic First

US Navy Shoots Down Drone Using Laser Beam In Historic First

For the first time in its history, the US Navy has shot down a drone with a sophisticated heat beam, which they called a 'laser'.

Military forces using lasers as part of their weaponry makes the mental leap to memories of The Terminator, Halo, and other sci-fi movies and TV shows; blinding strokes of light filling the skies, aimed at futuristic machines the likes of which we've not seen - yet.

In a world that's edging closer and closer to all-electric, it's not surprising that we're also nearing technologies once in the realm of our imaginations - in this case, we're talking about Starship Troopers-style lasers.

Earlier this year, the US Navy took down a drone with an all-electric laser, courtesy of its Layered Laser Defence (LLD). In the exercise, the drone was meant to represent a subsonic cruise missile, as per Tech Spot.

The laser was designed and built by Lockheed Martin with the intention of being used against unmanned aerial systems, fast attack boats and other in-bound air threats.

In addition to shooting down the drone, the laser was tested against other aerial vehicles and quadcopters.

Dr. Frank Peterkin, the Office of Naval Research's directed energy portfolio manager, said in a press release: "The Navy performed similar tests during the 1980s but with chemical-based laser technologies that presented significant logistics barriers for fielding in an operational environment.

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