That Time the Soviet Union Allegedly Used Laser Weapons Against Chinese Troops

The CIA even suggested Henry Kissinger ask the Chinese government about it.

An undated rendering of a Soviet Union’s 1K17 Szhatie mobile laser weapon platform in action. (Russian Ministry of Defense)

The first shots in the Laser Wars weren’t against a drone or satellite. According to the Central Intelligence Agency, they may have been fired between troops engaged in combat on the snowy frontiers of Manchuria.

In a declassified 19…