Star Fleet should thank Nero for forcing them to advance their ship's (personal) weapon technology from the classic Star Trek Phaser beam below:
To what looks like a Burst Particle Canon which is similar to the advance technology Spock is using 154 years into the future.
Did I ever mention that this movie is the movie that brought be back to Star Trek ever since I dropped it when that Star Trek: The Next (fucking useless) Generation and all the crap that followed Star Trek VI.