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Navy Ship Shoots Downs UAV In Laser Test

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Navy Ship Shoots Downs UAV In Laser Test
The amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD-27) conducted a Solid State Laser – Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0 high-energy laser weapon test on May 16, 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy last week successfully shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using a laser weapon installed on the USS Portland (LPD-27) San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. The service said LPD-27 conducted the test of its Solid State Laser – Technology Maturation (SSL-TM) Laser Weapons System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0, which “successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)” on May 16 while operating off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. “By conducting advanced at sea tests against UAVs and small crafts,…

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