Pentagon pouring $1 billion/year into science fiction-style beam weapons mounted on military vehicles

Science fiction-style beam weapons that can destroy targets with directed lasers or microwaves are the near-term future of advanced weaponry. According to the US Office of Naval Research, the beam weapons, mounted on military vehicles, "are capable of converting chemical or electrical energy to radiated energy and focusing it on a target" causing damage that "degrades, neutralizes, defeats or destroys an adversarial capability." — Read the rest