Player Embed Code: Download Embed Share U.S. Navy LaWS Demonstration Commander Task Force 56 July 14, 2017 | 1:40 ARABIAN GULF (July 14, 2017) – the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) successfully conducted a demonstration of the U.S. Navy’s Laser Weapon System (LaWS) on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the Arabian Gulf, July 14. (U.S. Navy video by MC1 Joshua Bryce Bruns)