The post details operational deployment of shipboard solid-state laser systems (ODIN dazzler and HELIOS ~60kW) across nine US guided-missile destroyers, including units on CENTCOM deployments. This reflects directed-energy weapons moving from testing to fleet employment for counter-ISR and counter-UAS/fast-boat defense with low cost-per-shot and deeper 'magazine' than missiles.
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navalside: natofirst seen 2019-11-01
US Navy fields ODIN/HELIOS laser weapons on nine Arleigh Burke destroyers
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- The War Zone · https://www.twz.com/sea/these-are-the-american-destroyers-actually-equipped-with-laser-weaponsThese American Destroyers Are Equipped With Laser Weapons