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Future Friday: Has the U.S. Navy Built Science Fiction’s Favorite Weapon?

Future Friday: Has the U.S. Navy Built Science Fiction’s Favorite Weapon?

They’ve existed in our collective geek dreams since the dawn of science fiction. Handheld weapons, much like pistols, Tasers or Super Soakers that have the ability to quash our foes in a barrage of highly focused light beams, leaving behind only a singed carcass and smoke. It’s been said that Archimedes used mirrors to concentrate …

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