Laser

Lockheed Martin’s Laser Beam Weapon that Stops Car Bombs Gets into Production

The past years, Lockheed Martin has been researching and developing a new high-powered laser weapon that could change the battlefield. Earlier this year, they took one of the prototypes out on the field andtested it on a wagon. It didn’t take long for the laser beam to disable the truck and even though it didn’t look that spectacular, it surely was. 

The same company has now announced they are ready to start production of that exact weapon. Not only will the US army use it on the battlefield in about a year from now, but they will also make sure it’s a lot more powerful than the initial prototype.

The first laser built using the modular technique – which is the technology that makes it better than previous models - will be a 60-kilowatt system for a U.S. Army vehicle. That’s about the double of the one they used with the truck in March.