Laser weapons are coming: The Military leadership of USA gathered in Orlando this week for the annual AirWarfare conference. The Military meets at this conference to discuss their plans for weapons that can cause great destruction. According to a publication, the largest unfunded project that the US Special Operations Command hopes to pass is a C-130 that will be equipped with a very powerful laser weapon.
Lieutenant Brad Webb, the chief of the Air Force Special Operations Command, is one of those who are very optimistic about the project.
"There are a lot of suppliers that really contribute to continuing to advance technology together," he said.
2015, Lieutenant Brad Heithold, who was then the head of the Air Force Special Operations Command, told Breaking Defense that he believed "we can put high energy laser (offensive and defensive) on AC-130 before the close of this decade.”
Webb reports that the airborne laser program has already tested a defensive laser on the front of an 747 jetliner 2012.
Since then, according to Webb, things have changed and as the technology has improved, and the project could become a reality soon.
These weapons have been tested by Boeing and are capable of drilling holes in trucks. 
As long as there is already permission to use the Laser Weapon System as the original defensive weapon, the plan is to use C-130 airplanes as an anti-ballistic weapon for missile defense that could take countermeasures in the event of an attack.
Webb also acknowledged that "at some point there should be a political debate about where and how we can use these specific weapons.
But with the new Trump administration and the White House requesting an increase in the defense budget to 54 billionmillions dollars, it is very likely that the project will find the funding it needs very soon.
