This is unsafe and is illegal -- you could be arrested and jailed. Always be aware of the beam location. Watch out for reflected beams from glass and shiny surfaces. This work was performed under the auspices of the U. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. national security in the years to come. As the Department of Defense (DOD)—which is “using a secondary Department of War designation” under Executive Order 14347 dated. On June 10, 2025, the U. Navy awarded a $29,981,651 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Coherent Aerospace & Defense, located in Murrieta, California, for the Songbow project focused on pulsed fiber lasers and directed energy subsystems with high-bandwidth wavefront control. This effort includes the. Class 3B visible-beam lasers are medium powered, from 5 to 499 milliwatts. Use of laser protective eyewear is suggested or recommended (depending on the laser's power level), as discussed elsewhere. The LaWS is a ship-defense system that has so far publicly engaged an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone) and a simulated small-boat attacker.
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