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US Navy estimates first shipboard laser program cost
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
Summary: The US Navy estimates that the first real shipboard laser program would cost about $1 billion before any destroyer is fitted with one. The article notes that while laser shots are cheap and have no magazine, the main technical constraint is the ship power needed for a beam on the order of 100 kilowatts.
WHO: US Navy
WHAT: Estimated cost for the first real shipboard laser program before fitting a destroyer with a laser
WHEN: Sep 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: The Navy is pursuing directed-energy lasers, but the program’s feasibility is constrained by the power required to generate a high-power beam on a ship not designed for weapons.
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