![The Laser Weapon System, or LaWS, is seen here temporarily installed aboard the USS Dewey in San Diego, California.](https://archetype-air-force-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/OJRAUQMOUBHRHIBFEELOIUV4OQ.jpg?auth=4e69e1c9c12f513780f392549a0e43d466be461d8728a50ac49b53131bb370ba&width=4256&height=2832)
Colin Demarest was a reporter at C4ISRNET, where he covered military networks, cyber and IT. Colin had previously covered the Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration — namely Cold War cleanup and nuclear weapons development — for a daily newspaper in South Carolina. Colin is also an award-winning photographer.