The simple laser pointer style takes huge amounts of energy and has more limited range from what I understand, this is a newer idea that they’ve been talking about.
Of course beside a few bits of information it’s all classified so we can only really guess about it, this article is really interesting they’re talking about using it to distract heat seekling missiles but also as a kind of display firework that can be controlled. forbes.com/…/ufos-plasma-lasers-and-the-pentagons… the voice of God bit makes me think of those Tesla coils playing the Tetris theme. I might have been wrong about it being an effective counter weapon but I’m sure I read it was planned to counter drone swarms so maybe they’ve been able to up the heat or sustainability of it.