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the drone-killer. reporter: in a sometimes hostile waters of the persian gulf looms the u.s. navy s first, in fact, the world s first, active laser weapon. the lws, an acronym for laser weapon system, is not science fiction, it is not experimental. it is deployed on board the uss poncee amphibious transport ship, ready to be fired today and every day at targets by captain christopher wells and his crew. cnn was granted exclusive access to a live-fire test of the laser. it s more precise than a bullet. it s not like some other weapons we have throughout the military where it s only good against air contacts or only good against surface targets, against ground-based targets. in this case, this is a versatile weapon that can be used against a variety of targets. reporter: l.a.w.s. begins where another weapon doesn t come close to matching, moving by definition at the speed of
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u.s. navy s first in fact, the world s first active laser weapon. the l.a.s. is not sicience fiction but it s really to be fired at targets today by captain christopher wells and his crew. cnn was granted exclusive access to a test of the laser. it s more precise than a bullet. it s not like other weapons that we have where it s only good against air contacts or surface contacts or against ground-based targets. it s a very versatile weapon. reporter: l.a.w.s. begins with a weapon that moves by definition at the speed of light. for comparison, that is 50,000 times the speed of an incoming icbm. it s throwing massive amounts
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