![150 kw Laser should begin testing on an AC-130 in 2018 and a megawatt laser drone possible in the 2020s | NextBigFuture.com 150 kw Laser should begin testing on an AC-130 in 2018 and a megawatt laser drone possible in the 2020s | NextBigFuture.com](https://nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/87639a3d404c0a2a9e6874045438084b.jpg)
150 kw Laser should begin testing on an AC-130 in 2018 and a megawatt laser drone possible in the 2020s | NextBigFuture.com
Why can't warships fire lasers in a dome-shaped pattern to destroy incoming threats, i.e., in all directions all at the same time? Is the power requirement too great even for a nuclear
![Military eyes prototype megawatt-class laser weapon for ballistic missile defense in next seven years | Military Aerospace Military eyes prototype megawatt-class laser weapon for ballistic missile defense in next seven years | Military Aerospace](https://img.militaryaerospace.com/files/base/ebm/mae/image/2019/04/content_dam_mae_online_articles_2019_04_laser_weapon_2_april_2019.png?auto=format,compress&fit=fill&fill=blur&w=1200&h=630)
Military eyes prototype megawatt-class laser weapon for ballistic missile defense in next seven years | Military Aerospace
![Boeing Completes Preliminary Design of 100 Kilowatt Free Electron Laser Weapon System and Eventually Megawatt Class Lasers | NextBigFuture.com Boeing Completes Preliminary Design of 100 Kilowatt Free Electron Laser Weapon System and Eventually Megawatt Class Lasers | NextBigFuture.com](https://nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2010/03/FEL100kwc-1.jpg)
Boeing Completes Preliminary Design of 100 Kilowatt Free Electron Laser Weapon System and Eventually Megawatt Class Lasers | NextBigFuture.com
![Megawatt-Class Lasers from Earth Could Attract Alien Astronomers, Says New Study | Astronomy | Sci-News.com Megawatt-Class Lasers from Earth Could Attract Alien Astronomers, Says New Study | Astronomy | Sci-News.com](http://cdn.sci-news.com/images/enlarge5/image_6591e-Megawatt-Class-Laser.jpg)
Megawatt-Class Lasers from Earth Could Attract Alien Astronomers, Says New Study | Astronomy | Sci-News.com
![US targets a megawatt laser by 2023 and then deployment in drones and satellites for hypersonic and ICBM defense | NextBigFuture.com US targets a megawatt laser by 2023 and then deployment in drones and satellites for hypersonic and ICBM defense | NextBigFuture.com](https://nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-15-at-9.48.51-PM-min.png)
US targets a megawatt laser by 2023 and then deployment in drones and satellites for hypersonic and ICBM defense | NextBigFuture.com
![DARPA built the megawatt-class Alpha HF chemical laser during the 1980s... | Download Scientific Diagram DARPA built the megawatt-class Alpha HF chemical laser during the 1980s... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeff-Hecht/publication/46158628/figure/fig15/AS:306051619540998@1449979800208/DARPA-built-the-megawatt-class-Alpha-HF-chemical-laser-during-the-1980s-to-test-prospects.png)
DARPA built the megawatt-class Alpha HF chemical laser during the 1980s... | Download Scientific Diagram
![Chinese scientists have created a small and light megawatt laser for installation on satellites - Aroged Chinese scientists have created a small and light megawatt laser for installation on satellites - Aroged](https://www.aroged.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chinese-scientists-have-created-a-small-and-light-megawatt-laser-750x375.jpg)