US Army will have laser weapons by 2023 as research bosses say killer technology is 'very close'

The US Army is planning to deploy the first laser weapons in 2023, it has been revealed. 

Mary J. Miller, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Research and Technology, told the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities 'I believe we're very close,' when asked how close the Army is to developing offensive and defensive directed-energy weapons.

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