The USS Preble is the only U.S. destroyer armed with the HELIOS, which can fire laser beams to destroy fast attack craft and drones.

A FUTURISTIC drone-destroying laser has been seen firing from a US Navy warship in an incredible declassified image. The remarkable picture shows the USS Preble (DDG-88) deploying its formidable

A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed “Helios” — from one of its warship. The undated image, which was published in the US Center for Countermeasures’ annual report this month,

The image published in an annual Navy report shows the High Energy Laser on USS Preble being tested on a drone target.