"Army asks industry for turn-key 50-kilowatt laser..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 26 Feb 2014 10:19 p.m. PST |
… that fits on 8-by-53-foot truck trailer. "U.S. Army missile-defense experts are asking industry to supply an adjustable-power 50-kilowatt laser that with its cooling subsystem can fit on an 8-by-53-foot full-sized flatbed trailer. Officials of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command in Huntsville, Ala., on Friday issued a presolicitation (W9113M-14-R-0010) for a turn-key laser producing at least 50 kilowatts of output power. The Army Space and Missile Defense Command is sponsoring the High-Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) project, which is seeking to develop a truck-mounted laser weapon able to shoot down enemy rockets, artillery shells, mortars, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)…"
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| elsyrsyn | 27 Feb 2014 8:45 a.m. PST |
Army: "A truck mounted laser in the 50kw range." Defense Industry: "Hey, just what you see, pal!" Doug |
| jpattern2 | 27 Feb 2014 9:17 a.m. PST |
Doug:  |
| Ironwolf | 27 Feb 2014 10:49 a.m. PST |
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| darthfozzywig | 27 Feb 2014 12:09 p.m. PST |
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| Augustus | 27 Feb 2014 2:02 p.m. PST |
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 Legion 4   | 28 Feb 2014 3:32 p.m. PST |
Based on the planned military cutbacks … who is going to pay for it ? |
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wants to know if you can tell the difference between weaker and stronger magnets with 3mm aircraft.
