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LPD Portland Will Host ONR Laser Weapon Demonstrator, Serve as RIMPAC 2018 Flagship
Amphibious warship Portland (LPD-27) was tapped to host a laser weapon technology demonstration ... East aboard afloat forward staging base USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15), LPD-17 and LHA Program Manager ...
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US Navy disables drone using a high-energy shipborne laser weapon
The US Navy has successfully carried out a demonstration of a high-energy laser weapon installed in a warship. On May 16, 2020, the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) locked onto ...
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Watch the Navy fry a drone with a new shipboard laser weapon for the first time
Karrey Sanders said in a statement. The amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducts a Solid State Laser – Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD ...
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Watch this US Navy ship destroy a flying drone with a laser weapon
A US Navy ship downed a flying drone with a "solid state laser" in the Pacific Ocean, the service branch announced on Friday. The USS Portland (LPD-27), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport ...
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The US Navy announced that it succeeded in a test to shoot down a drone with a laser beam from a warship
On the right side of the screen, you can see the silhouette of LPD 27. After a while ... “The Fixed Laser Weapon System Demonstrator is a unique feature that Portland tests and operates for ...
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CNO: Missile Attack on Russian Warship Moskva Moved Navy to Speed Up Laser Defense for Ships
USS Portland (LPD-27) conducts a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration on a static surface training target on Dec. 14, 2021 while sailing in the Gulf of Aden. US Marine Corps Photo The ...
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US successfully tests laser weapon that can destroy aircraft mid-flight
Images and videos provided by the Navy show the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland executing “the first system-level implementation of a high-energy class solid-state laser” to ...
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Here Is What You Need to Know about the U.S. Navy’s Newest Ship
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has delivered the U.S. Navy newest amphibious assault ship, the future USS Portland (LPD-27). The 25,000-ton vessel is the service’s eleventh San Antonio ...
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US Navy successfully tests laser weapon that can destroy aircraft mid-flight
Images and videos provided by the Navy show the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland executing "the first system-level implementation of a high-energy class solid-state laser" to disable an ...
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The US successfully tested a laser weapon that can destroy aircraft mid-flight
Images and videos provided by the Navy show the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland executing “the first system-level implementation of a high-energy class solid-state laser” to ...
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US Navy successfully tests a laser weapon that can destroy aircraft mid-flight
USS Portland (LPD 27) conducts a Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) test in the Pacific, May 16, 2020.(Photo Credit: US Navy) It did not give a ...