crowd control
US Navy Destroyer Ships Equipped with New High-Powered Laser, Changing War Tactics – and Crowd Control
By 2021, US Navy destroyers will be armed with new ship-fired lasers able to sense and incinerate enemy drones, low-flying aircraft and small boat attacks -- at the speed of light. [Unspoken is the obvious application for use against crowds of dissidents and politically incorrect leaders in their homes.]