Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua angitu ngā tohunga haumaru hōia ki te whakamutu i tētahi taraka i tōna ara mā te whakangaromanga i tōna pūkaha ki te pūkaha. Ko te laser muka 30 kilowatt i huaina ko Athena i tahuna i roto i te tinihanga i roto i te hēkona, ahakoa i pupuhihia e te roopu mai i Lockheed Martin i tu atu i te maero neke atu i te maero. I kii te kamupene haumarutanga ko te whakamatautau te tohu i te taahiraa e whai ake nei ki te whakauru i nga patu laser ngawari ki runga i nga rererangi hoia, rerenga, kaipuke me nga taraka. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. I hangaia te laser, e mōhiotia ana ko Athena, e te kamupene haumarutanga o Lockheed Martin i Maryland. I te wā o te whakamātautau, i tahuna te pūkaha o te taraka e te pūkaha 30 kilowatt (i te pikitia) a, i whakakorehia mai i neke atu i te kotahi maero te tawhiti. Ko te whakaaturanga te whakamātautau āpure tuatahi o Lockheed's integrated 30-kilowatt, single-mode fiber laser weapon system prototype. "Kei te hurihia e ngā pūkaha pūngao arataki ngā pūkaha muka whatu", te kī a Keoki Jackson, kaiwhakahaere hangarau matua o Lockheed Martin. <unk>Kei te haumi mātou ki ngā wāhanga katoa o te pūnaha - mai i ngā matapihi me te mana rākau ki te taiaho anō - ki te akiaki i te rahi, te taumaha me te tōtika o te mana. Ko te Athena e hangai ana ki te punaha patu laser a te umanga Area Defense Anti-Munitions (ADAM). I roto i nga whakamatautau i te takutai o California i te marama o Mei, i whakamahia a Adam ki te angitu ki te whakakore i nga poti e rua i te tawhiti tata ki te kotahi maero (1.6km). I tahuna e te laser pūngao tiketike ngā wāhanga maha o te anga rapa o ngā poti iti o te taumata hōia i roto i te iti iho i te 30 hēkona. I whakaatuhia e Lockheed Martin i mua nga kaha o te punaha ki nga whaainga rererangi i te rererangi, tae atu ki nga whaainga rocket iti-taumata me te whaainga o te punaha rererangi kore-tangata. Ka taea e te pūnaha te aroturuki tika i ngā whāinga e neke ana i te tawhiti neke atu i te 3.1 maero (5km). <unk>Ko tēnei whakamātautau te taahiraa e whai ake nei ki te whakarato i ngā pūnaha patu taiaho māmā, pakari hoki mō ngā waka rererangi hōia, rākau, kaipuke me ngā taraka.<unk> Mā te whakamahi i tētahi tikanga e mōhiotia ana ko te whakakotahitanga o te rākau ārai, ka whakakotahi te pūnaha i ngā kōwae taiaho maha hei waihanga i tētahi rākau kotahi, kaha, kounga tiketike. E kīia ana ka nui ake te tōtika o tēnei...
E kiia ana ko Athena a Laser, ā, i hangaia e te kamupene haumarutanga o Maryland. I te wā o te whakamātautau, ka tahuna te pūkaha o te taraka e te pūkaha muka 30 kilowatt. I whakakorehia e tēnei te taraka mai i te tawhiti neke atu i te kotahi maero te tawhiti. Ka whakamahia e te taiaho te 'whakakōkī ā-rōpū' hei waihanga i tētahi taiaho tika, kaha. Ko te Athena e hangai ana ki te punaha patu laser Anti-Munitions Defense Area. I tētahi rā ka taea te tāuta ki runga i ngā rererangi hōia, ngā hīkoi me ngā kaipuke.