Boeing: We zapped a UAV with a laser
Found on CNet News on Sunday, 25 January 2009
The defense industry giant on Monday said tests of its Laser Avenger system in December marked "the first time a combat vehicle has used a laser to shoot down a UAV," or unmanned aerial vehicle.
Boeing didn't go into much detail about the shoot-down. A representative of the company said the kilowatt-class laser "burned a hole" through the UAV.
They should have called it Cyclops. That aside, it sounds like a neat toy.