Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs) - Death Rays and Energy Weapons - History Channel Documentary

By 1962, the department of defense began weaponizing lasers. As part of an arsenal that would come to be known as Directed Energy Weapons. Like the electric discharge laser tested by the army in 1983, The Active Denial System (ADS) declassified in 2001, And Zeus, an anti landmine laser deployed into Afghanistan in 2003."