FOX NEWS: Navy arms destroyers with new high-powered laser, changes war tactics

Navy arms destroyers with new high-powered laser, changes war tactics



If swarms of enemy small attack boats armed with guns and explosives approached a Navy ship, alongside missile-armed drones and helicopters closing into strike range, ship commanders would instantly begin weighing defensive options - to include interceptor missiles, electronic warfare, deck-mounted guns or area weapons such as Close-in-Weapons System.