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Army soldiers not impressed with Strykers outfitted with 50-kilowatt lasers

“They will tell you everything and they're not worried about your feelings,” said Doug Bush.

Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus said at the time that the goal was to experiment in a live environment complete with weather challenges and dust storms that can alter light particles and degrade beam quality. At the same time, the Army is grappling with a flat budget next year and opted to make cuts to an array of development coffers, including directed energy one’s. During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in April, those cuts prompted King to say to Army Secretary Christine Wormuth and Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, “What in the hell are you people thinking?”

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