| June 3, 2010
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In the pursuit of new high-tech weaponry, the U.S Navy is working on a modification to the MK 15 Close In Weapon System (CIWS), also known as the Phalanx, which can take down enemy aircraft and vessels at sea.
The new laser upgrade, known as the Laser Weapons System (LaWS) “successfully tracked, engaged, and destroyed” a drone in midflight in recent tests over the waters off San...