A U.S. Pacific Fleet amphibious ship successfully "disabled" an aerial drone using a solid state laser prototype earlier this month, according to a Navy statement. The demonstration is one of a series of experiments the service is planning. "Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD-27) successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle with a Solid State Laser-Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0 on May 16," according to a May 22 U.S. Pacific Fleet statement. The service...
