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| Tango01 | 06 Oct 2015 12:50 p.m. PST |
… weapons as soon as October. "Lockheed Martin, the US' largest weapons producer, will be making laser weapons a reality as soon as October, the company's press release has promised. The new technology will be built for US army vehicles and is said to be easily operated by one person. The production of new generation modular high power lasers will kick off later this month, Lockheed Martin said.
"The first laser built using the modular technique will be a 60-kilowatt system for a US Army vehicle," according to Monday's release. "The modular laser design allows the laser power to be varied across an extremely wide range according to the needs of a specific mission and threat." The new technology is said to be affordable, while its power could potentially be increased to 120kW. "Lockheed Martin's laser combines multiple fiber modules to generate an intense laser beam," added the press release…"
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| doug redshirt | 06 Oct 2015 3:09 p.m. PST |
No expert, but is that power good for anything other then unarmored things like drones, missiles, shells or similiar? |
| Mako11 | 06 Oct 2015 5:35 p.m. PST |
Cool! I want a laser rifle for boar hunting. I imagine it'll come in handy for knocking down those ubiquitous, pesky surveillance drones out of the sky, too. Wonder how long I'll have to wait for that to become available? |
| Only Warlock | 06 Oct 2015 7:22 p.m. PST |
Good for artillery point defense and burning holes in bad guys. |
| Badgers | 07 Oct 2015 4:41 a.m. PST |
What about cooking off ERA? |
| Tango01 | 07 Oct 2015 11:20 a.m. PST |
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| mjkerner | 07 Oct 2015 1:31 p.m. PST |
Hopefully, arming sharks soon as well. |
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