US Navy tests high-energy laser weapon in the Middle East
The Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser Weapons System Demonstrator (LWSD) successfully targeted a floating object in the Gulf of Aden, south of Yemen.
Amphibious Assault Vehicles cruise towards the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), in Gulf of Aden(photo credit: KEYPHER STROMBECK/US NAVY/HANDOUT)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: