The head of Air Force Special Operations Command wants to eventually mount a high-energy laser and microwave energy gun on the command's newest AC-130 gunship and perhaps a new capability that could "bar-code" targets from the air. Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold, speaking at an Air Force Association conference in Orlando, FL, last week, called on the defense industry to help produce those kinds of weapon systems for inclusion in future block upgrades of the AC-130J Ghostrider gunship, which the command...
