US Navy is developing LASERS for submarines that could 'disable drones and blow up small boats'
The US Navy is reportedly arming nuclear submarines with lasers that will be capable of disabling drones and blowing up small boats.
According to a report from Popular Mechanics, the Navy has plans to arm the Virginia-class nuclear submarines with high-energy lasers.
Despite the fact that lasers don't work under water, experts say that adding a laser onto a submarine isn't entirely impossible, but it would 'require innovative designs'.
Researcher, Sidharth Kaushal, told the outlet that lasers put on the Virginia-class submarines, which are generally used for intelligence gathering, would have to attach to the sub's photonics mast, which is a sensor that functions similarly to a periscope.
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