Navy installs laser on destroyer to counter unmanned intel drones

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The Navy said yesterday it completed the first installation of a laser weapon system designed to counter unmanned surveillance drones onboard a destroyer. The service has spent the past several years experimenting with a variety of directed energy weapons, but the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Dewey (DDG-105) was equipped with an Optical Dazzling Interdictor during a recent dry-docking selected restricted availability, according to the Navy statement.