Hooray! Something expensive that doesn't work! Now our destroyers can set planes on fire if they let us! Even if this thing becomes reasonably effective sometime in the future, all it will mean is anti-ship missiles will get a coat of shiny paint.

Scratching.. Now in US department of defense video. :/

"stay on target, stay on target"

I can't think of it as a laser weapon unless it makes
PYEW-PYEW-PYEW noises like in Gradius.

The Western Pacific Alliance's fleet of surveillance gliders was no match for the advanced laser weaponry of the oh fuck it

By far the best exchange I've read regarding this video:


harteman:
I can't help but think our enemies will now be making very shiny mirrors...

iconmaster:
"Arm the lasers!"
"Sir... we have a problem."
"What the blazes is it?"
"The enemy ship... is totally pimpin' sir."
"WHAT?"
"It's completely blinged out, sir. Chrome all up in this mutha."

A tiny, useless step toward a boring militaristic future.