It feels like someone without much background knowledge wrote it with the intention of being an advertisement. Laser weaponry has been employed by Russia since

It feels like someone without much background knowledge wrote it with the intention of being an advertisement. Laser weaponry has been employed by Russia since the 70s, initially to blind pilots and damage electronics, and now, for anti-drone and missile purposes. And Kratos Defence has been producing naval lasers for a decade. I'm sure there is some genuinely impressive technology behind this all, but it's certainly not coming across in the article.