30KW Laser Zaps Truck From Over a Mile Away in Test

By Dan Zimmerman

By Eric Pickharts via wideopenspaces.com

We all knew this day would come: now we have laser weapons that can do some serious damage. Lockheed Martin just announced that their latest prototype, the ATHENA, has registered the highest power ever documented by a laser weapon of its kind . . .

ATHENA, which stands for Advanced Test High Energy Asset, is a ground-based prototype system. On this occasion, it burned through the engine manifold of a pickup truck in a matter of seconds from more than a mile away. The truck was mounted on a test platform …read more

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