Lockheed Martin’s prototype laser system destroyed eight small-caliber rocket targets i

Lockheed Martin’s transportable, ground-based Area Defense Anti-Munitions (ADAM) prototype laser system has destroyed eight small-caliber rocket targets in flight at a range of approximately 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) in tests conducted in March and April 2013.

The ADAM system’s 10-kilowatt fiber laser is able to destroy targets up to 2 kilometers away.

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