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For targets in space? >> firing lasers in space. >> potentially. >> yeah. its remarkable. >> when you get into this, you get into all sorts of classification levels that im not cleared into. >> this would require a major strategic shift for the u.s. deploying weapons for use in space. and so, many took notice when, in april this year, deputy defense secretary bob work vowed that the u.s. will strike back if attacked in space. strike back, he added, and knock them out. >> from the very beginning,...

For targets in space? >> firing lasers in space. >> potentially. >> yeah. its remarkable. >> when you get into this, you get into all sorts of classification levels that im not cleared into. >> this would require a major strategic shift for the u.s. deploying weapons for use in space. and so, many took notice when, in april this year, deputy defense secretary bob work vowed that the u.s. will strike back if attacked in space. strike back, he added, and knock them out. >> from the very beginning,...

Cnns chief national correspondent jim sciutto investigates the new weapons being built to disable or destroy threats thousands of miles above us and the cripples consequences for a nation relying on space. watch. >> in the persian gulf, an instantaneous burst of energy destroys targets. first on the surface. then in the air. its deadly firepower moving literally at the speed of light. obliterating its target, the name says, like a long distance blow torch. this is the u.s. pill tears first ope...

Blow torch. this is the u.s. militarys first operational laser weapon and today it is deployed to defeat incoming threats at sea. could it some day be used for targets in space? >> firing lasers in space? >> potentially. yeah. >> its remarkable. >> when you get into this. you get into all sorts of other classification levels im not cleared into. >> reporter: this would require a major strategic shift for the u.s. deploying weapons for use in space. and so, many took notice when in april this yea...