First laser weapon to shoot down an operational rocket

According to Official Guinness Records,

The first time that a laser weapon has successfully shot-down an operational rocket occurred when the US Army and the Israeli Ministry of Defence destoyed a Katyusha rocket carrying a live warhead, using the High Energy Laser/Advance Concept Technology Demonstrator (THEL/ACTD) - the world’s first high energy laser weapon system designed for such operational use - at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, USA on 7 June 2000.

For a complete list of 2000 records, please visit 2000 Guinness Records in United States.

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