ALADIN (Accelerated Laser Demonstration Initiative), a 30-kilowatt fiber laser. ADAM (Area Defense Anti-Munitions), a laser weapon system Lockheed Martin has tested in shooting down small "sea ...

For the first time in its history, the U.S. Navy fired a laser ray gun mounted on a warship, zapping -- and setting fire to -- an empty motorboat as it bobbed in the Pacific Ocean.