Is there such thing as a plasma pulse weapon?

Question: Is there such thing as a plasma pulse weapon?
- Keywords:
  military,
  plasma,
  pulse,
  technology,
  warefare,
  weapon
Asked by KaonicDEcay to Angela, Claire, Ian, Robert, Sarah on 18 Nov 2014.
- Angela Stokes answered on 18 Nov 2014:
  
  Not that I know of! a weapons expert might be able to help you!
- Sarah Harris answered on 19 Nov 2014:
  
  Not at the moment, but in 2012 the US army developed a device with lasers that could essentially shoot lightning. There hasn’t been any update on the project though, so I’m not sure it actually worked…

Question: Is there such thing as a plasma pulse weapon?