The U.S. Navy successfully tested a new generation laser weapon system earlier this week in the Gulf of Aden, the Navy’s Middle East-based 5th Fleet said in a statement on Thursday.
During the demonstration on Wednesday, a high-energy laser weapon was fired from the USS Portland, an amphibious transport dock ship, on a static surface training target. The Laser Weapons System Demonstrator, or LWSD, had been previously tested in May 2020, when it successfully disabled a small unmanned aerial system while operating in the Pacific Ocean.
Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducted a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration, Dec. 14, while sailing in the Gulf of Aden. Read more https://t.co/nYWqgtbLdQ pic.twitter.com/L0xfysIG1q— U.S. 5th Fleet (@US5thFleet) December 15, 2021
The laser weapon isn’t entirely new to the U.S. Navy. The LWSD has been integrated in the Portland since 2018 and builds on a previous laser system which was tested for three years aboard the USS Ponce while operating in the Middle East.
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I think this is sending a message to Putler and Iran. These tests were not in secret like all Russian tests, but out in open water for all to see. Physics lesson to Putler, laser is faster than hypersonic, by a long way.
Now here is a weapon that can easily catch up to the so-called super-duper, hyper-diaper weapons that the Ruskies and chinks claim to have.
That is just what the are letting them see, more interesting is what they are keeping as a surprise for them.
RuSSia will soon present hypersonic water pistols? Goulash catapults? 🤣
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