Imperial City-States wrote:But Laser based CIWS is going to be relatively widespread considering that the US Military is currently putting them on destroyers. And looking at how the US military is technologically twenty years ahead of it's competitors we're looking at 2034 for wider spread deployment on navel vessels , throw another thirty years on that and you're pretty much set.
Mounted lasers for self-defense systems for things like ships and fortifications are around I'll imagine, but he asked about hand-held lasers and plasma weapons.