US Air Force Unveils Combat 'Laser Guns' On AC-130 Gunships
Just day after we highlighted "Silent Hunter" - China's new vehicle-slicing laser gun - it appears the US military is stepping up the propaganda on its own 'hi-tech weaponry'. Air Force Special Operations Command plans to install and test combat lasers on AC-130 gunships within a year.
The Pentagon has been experimenting with laser weapons for decades. In 2009, the Advanced Tactical Laser — fired from a C-130 — burned a hole in the hood of a truck.