Will Laser Weapons Ever Work?

Laser Weapons have a long history of limited usefulness and failures. Will the systems of the future be different? I do an overview of laser weapons and then deep dives on YAL-1, Iron Beam, and space laser weapons. Like and Subscribe for More! 00:00 Physics of Laser Weapons 03:39 Chemical Lasers (YAL-1) 06:27 Fiber Air Defense Lasers (Iron Beam) 09:57 Anti- Drone and Ballistic Missiles 10:55 Space Lasers 13:32 Outro Notes/Corrections: At 13.05 - Note rendevous is not required only a close fly-by since the 7 km/s is slow enough for the in-range pulses. Would still require some small burns and/or long scheduling for most LEO sattelites.