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Laser cannon
The Laser Weapon System (LaWS) , shown here temporarily installed aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) last summer in San Diego, California, is a technology demonstrator built by the Naval Sea Systems Command from commercial fiber solid state lasers, utilizing combination methods developed at the Naval Research Laboratory. Credit: U.S. Navy/John F. Williams.
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