The next hot sector to invest in: Energy Weapons (NOC,TXT)

I was clicking through the channels on TV the other night and happened to catch a show on History Channel HD called 'That's Impossible'. The episode was called 'Death Rays & Energy Weapons'.

I had no idea that in the last 5 years, Laser technology has advanced to the point where the military will actually be using them in combat.

This is like the holy grail for weapons makers.The biggest player of them all being:

Northrop Grumman Corporation (Public, NYSE:NOC)

Northrop Grumman engineers have developed an electric laser capable of producing a deadly 105-kilowatt ray of light. A 10 kw laser is enough to cut limbs off of a human being. 100 kw is enough to take out an enemy plane and torch missiles traveling at mach 1 speed.

High-energy lasers are the only systems proven effective against small, late detection threats such as artillery rockets. Offering accuracy and lethality, this speed-of-light capability promises to transform the battlefield. Northrop Grumman is now developing a mobile variant of the Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) that destroyed artillery rockets and shells in testing.

A Mobile THEL will allow warfighters to defend against advanced, widely-proliferating threats such as unmanned aerial vehicles, short-range ballistic and cruise missiles, and air-to-surface munitions.

And if that's not cool enough, check out the Laser Plane, which is nearing completion, that houses a Northrop Grumman Laser in it's nose - capable of zapping missiles out of the sky, exploding enemy planes... and vaporizing just about anything it wants to really.

Another potential company to invest in for Energy Weapons is Textron Inc. (Public, NYSE:TXT)

Textron Defense Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, announced on July 31st the creation of a Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) business line led by Dr. John Boness to focus on the development of the company’s laser technologies.

Laser research and development at Textron Defense Systems spans four decades stretching back to the Avco Everett Research Laboratory, which became part of Textron Defense Systems in 1984. “We are positioned well as a competitor in this market and have had significant success of late with contract awards for the Joint High Powered Solid State Laser (J-HPSSL) program funded by the Joint Technology Office and administered by the Army Space & Missile Defense Command, as well as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS) programs,” said Dr. Boness, vice president of DEW at Textron Defense Systems.

Fellow Stockmasters, by 2015, battlefields are going to look like something out of Star Wars. Literally. It's time to make your investment now, before everyone else figures it out.

My question is when will the LightSabre be invented? I think it's just a matter of time.