Ka taƙaita labarin:  An ce Margaret Thatcher ta ba da umarnin gwajin laser da za a yi amfani da shi a yakin Falklands. An kirkiro wani laser na'mutuwar ray' a lokacin yakin Falklands kuma Firayim Minista Margaret Thatcher ya ba da umarnin gwada shi, takardu sun bayyana. An ce Burtaniya ta yi aiki tare da Amurka don haɓaka lasers masu ƙarfi don amfani a fagen yaƙi a cikin 1970s da 1980s. An yi amfani da hasken, wanda ake kira 'ray na mutuwa', da sauri saboda tsoron makaman da Soviets ke da shi - amma ba a taɓa amfani da shi ba. Amma an ce Lady Thatcher ta burge da fasahar da ta ba da umarnin gwadawa a lokacin Yaƙin Falklands, Daily Express ta ruwaito. An bayyana wanzuwar laser a cikin Tarihin Kasa, a cikin wata wasika - wanda aka yiwa lakabi da'sirri' daga Sakataren Tsaro na lokacin Michael Heseltine zuwa Lady Thatcher a 1983 game da makaman da Soviet ke da shi da matsayin Burtaniya. Ya ce: 'Za ku iya tuna cewa mun ci gaba kuma mun tura da gaggawa makamin laser na jirgin ruwa, wanda aka tsara don yin mamakin matukan jirgi na Argentine da ke kai hare-hare a kan jiragen ruwa, zuwa Task Force a Kudancin Atlantic. 'Ba a yi amfani da makamin ba a cikin aikin kuma an kiyaye ilimin shi zuwa ga kewayon da aka ƙuntata.' An bayyana wasikar ne a karkashin dokar shekaru 30. Masanin ilimin kimiyya na Sheffield Dr David Clarke ya sami wasikar a cikin binciken da yake yi a cikin tarihin kuma ya ce'makamin laser na jirgin ruwa' yana nufin na'urar da aka gwada, amma ba a taɓa amfani da ita ba cikin fushi, lokacin da sojoji ke kare Suez Canal a 1941. Margaret Thatcher (hoton gaba, tsakiya) ya ziyarci HMS Hermes lokacin da ya dawo daga Falklands War. Wannan na'urar tana amfani da fitilu masu ƙarfi don yaudarar matukan jirgi yayin da suke kai wa jiragen ruwan Royal Navy hari. A 1982, lokacin da aka mamaye tsibirin Falkland, an yanke shawarar yin amfani da irin wannan dabarar don ƙoƙarin makantar da matukan jirgin na abokan gaba. A cikin shekarun 1980 an ce Burtaniya ta mai da hankali kan haɓaka lasers masu matsakaiciyar ƙarfi waɗanda aka yi niyya a kan maƙasudai masu laushi kamar idanu, na'urori masu auna sigina da na lantarki. An tsara wadannan makamai ne don kai hari kan jiragen sama masu saurin tashi ta hanyar 'haskakawa'...
An yi imanin cewa Birtaniya ta yi aiki tare da Amurka a kan ci gaban lasers. Michael Heseltine ya rubuta wata'sirrin'wasika zuwa Margaret Thatcher a 1983. Ya yi magana game da fargaba game da Soviets da ke bunkasa lasers da kuma ci gaban Birtaniya. Wasikar ta bayyana cewa Burtaniya tana da nata'makamin laser na jirgin ruwa'don mamaye matukan jirgi. Margaret Thatcher ta umarci gwaje-gwaje a lokacin yakin Falklands amma ba a yi amfani da shi ba.