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 ...

USS Preble is the 38th destroyer of her class.” The U.K. tested a high powered laser weapon last year on aerial targets, according to a report from the New York Post .

For the first time, a laser weapon system (LaWS) was successfully operated aboard a US Navy ship. A demonstration of LaWS took place in November aboard the USS Ponce while it was deployed to the ...