Ultimately, it proved impossible for the XM1202’s designers to achieve the desired balance of firepower, protection, and ease of transport that the vehicle was envisioned for. In the late 1990s, the ...
A truck-fired 50 kW laser weapon — an upgrade of the lumbering HEL-MTT — will be test fired in 2018. A 100 kW weapon on a more mobile vehicle — perhaps an 8×8 Stryker or tracked Bradley — will be test ...