Navy Ship Shoots Downs UAV In Laser Test

摘要

The Navy last week successfully shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using a laserweapon installed on the USS Portland (LPD-27) San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock.The service said LPD-27 conducted the test of its Solid State Laser – Technology Maturation(SSL-TM) Laser Weapons System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0, which “successfullydisabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)” on May 16 while operating off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.