U.S. Navy deployed a laser offensive weapon near Iran

U.S. Navy deployed a laser offensive weapon near IranReported (New York Times) U.S. Navy published for the first time a laser weapon offensive appeared in tests for disability and patrol boats blocked vision on unmanned aircraft and destroyed.The newspaper said in a report aired on Tuesday on its website: The model of laser, which proves shipboard process will be published on the back of a cargo ship amphibious in the Arabian Gulf, where she was U.S. warships harassed by boats Iranian quick attack and where manufactured government in Tehran unmanned surveillance drone may one day carry rockets.The newspaper added that the laser will not work until next year, but announced Admiral Jonathan Jreinert Chief of Naval Operations on Monday seemed intended to send a warning to Iran not to escalate activity in the Gulf in the next few months, if tensions increased because of the sanctions and the impasseWho reached the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program.The newspaper pointed out that the laser is designed to implement the scope of tasks graded offensive to destroy the boat fast or unmanned aircraft to ignite an explosion does not fall within the framework of fighting to confuse enemy detection devices and make them useless without causing any physical damage last.The newspaper pointed out that the Ministry of Defense (Pentagon) has a long history of allegations greatly exaggerated for the weapons that have been tried, but Congress conducted a study Mottagrdhavadt that weapons provided historic opportunities for freely.The newspaper pointed out that the study showed that the new high-energy laser may provide shipsOperating above the surface of the water affordable means to respond to certain missile targets on the surface of the water and in the air.The newspaper noted that among the restrictions, according to the study, the ineffectiveness of the laser in bad weather because the beam may face an overlap or disperse due to water vapor, as well as smoke, sand and dust.