Navy Aiming for Laser Weapons at Sea

摘要

Military forces have been aspiring to fight at the speed of light ever since lasers were developed 60 years ago. So far, the services have succeeded in fielding lasers for targeting and other nonlethal purposes. These are helpful tools for troops on the battlefield, but far short of technologists' desire of shooting down missiles, rockets, artillery and mortar rounds with destructive light energy beams.