Hot: US conducts laser weapon test in Persian Gulf

The US Navy has tested a laser weapon (LaWS) in the Persian Gulf, CNN reported.

"This weapon is more precise than a bullet. This is not a narrowly specialized weapon system like other weapons we have in the defense industry that are only for air targets or only for surface targets or land targets. This is a weapon that has many methods of execution and can be used against many targets," Captain Cristopher Wels said.

According to CNN, LaWS is capable of hitting enemies at "Light Speed", 50,000 times faster than intercontinental missiles.

"We don't worry about wind, distance, we don't worry about anything else. We have the ability to attack targets at the speed of light," — CNN channel referred to the words of Lieutenant Cale Hughes.

According to CNN, to test the Laser weapon, the US Navy launched a target — a drone. The laser team aimed at the aircraft. Then the drone's wings melted and it fell into the sea. The attack was carried out "silently and invisibly".

Lieutenant Hughes estimated the cost of using laser weapons in dollars.

According to Sputnik