More of what I think Mike turner is actally talking about canada declassified the document 2 days ago

https://science.gc.ca/site/science/en/safeguarding-your-research/guidelines-and-tools-implement-research-security/emerging-technology-trend-cards/directed-energy-weapons

I think this is what Mike is getting at but also in that document they talk about how the funding for DEW increased drastically after 2017 ( tick tac videos boys and girls)