A videoshared on X claims to show the USS Preble firing a laser weapon. Verdict: Misleading The video is artificial intelligence. The image it is based on, though, is real.

USS Constitution was one of six ... In 1803 she was designated flagship for the Mediterranean squadron under Captain Edward Preble and went to serve against the Barbary States of North Africa ...

The USS Ronald Reagan returned ... the design of the battle flag was created “exclusively by her plankowner crew” to honor the ships’ namesake, President Ronald Reagan: President Reagan ...

The USS Preble, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has become the first ship in the American fleet to be equipped with the HELIOS system. This modern laser weapon combines the ability to destroy ...