The Secret Laser Weapon the UK Deployed During the Falklands War

The Royal Navy sent a laser weapon to the South Atlantic during the 1982 conflict between the UK and Argentina.

The UK Royal Navy light aircraft carrier HMS Invincible in the Total Exclusion Zone off the coast of the Falkland Islands in June 1982. (Wikimedia Commons/Ken Griffiths)

It never fired a shot, never made the front pages, and was kept secret for decades. But in 1982, the United Kingdom quietly sent a laser weapon into the Falklands conflict with Argentina…