Office Of Naval Research - Laser Weapon System (LaWS) Live Firing Onboard USS Ponce [1080p]

USS Ponce Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) [AFSB(I) 15] conducts an operational demonstration of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) sponsored Laser Weapon System (LaWS) while deployed to the Arabian Gulf. USS Ponce is equipped with the Laser Weapon System (LaWS), a technology demonstrator built by Naval Sea Systems Command from commercial fiber solid-state lasers. The system utilizes combination methods developed at the Naval Research Laboratory to successfully shoot down a target. LaWS can be direc