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 a high-energy laser (offensively and defensively) on an AC-130 before the end 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 able to drill holes in trucks. 
So since there is already permission for the use of the Laser Weapon System as the prototype defensive weapon is called, the plan is to use it on C-130 planes as an anti-ballistic weapon for missile defense that could take countermeasures in the event of a attacks.
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 government and the White House asking for an increase in the defense budget at 54 billion dollars, it is very likely that the project will find the funding it needs very soon.
