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    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States. Dept. of Defense; UNITED States. Navy; UNITED States. Congress
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses developments in the works by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. Navy on high-energy military lasers and their issues with the U.S. Congress as of mid-2015. It mentions the prototype Laser Weapon System (LaWS) installed on the USS Ponce ship, the Navy's goal of achieving an initial operational capability (IOC) of shipboard laser in fiscal year (FY) 2020-2021, and the possible effects of shipboard lasers on naval tactics and ship design.