Unusual Tournament Posted February 18, 2018 #1 Share Posted February 18, 2018 US Navy Bought Its First Big Laser Cannon In late January, the US Navy dropped $150 million on a pair of new laser cannons. One of the so-called "High Energy Lasers," built by Lockheed Martin, is destined for testing on land. The other is going to sea aboard an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer as early as 2020, potentially making it the world's first large, war-ready "directed-energy" weapon. Lockheed's laser reportedly draws as much as 150 kilowatts of power per shot—enough to fry boats and unmanned aerial vehicles. Upgrading the laser to 300 kilowatts, thus boosting its range and power, could allow it to also destroy fast-moving, incoming missiles before they can strike their targets. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/neqvag/the-us-navy-bought-its-first-big-laser-cannon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hammerclaw Posted February 18, 2018 #2 Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Captain Risky said: US Navy Bought Its First Big Laser Cannon In late January, the US Navy dropped $150 million on a pair of new laser cannons. One of the so-called "High Energy Lasers," built by Lockheed Martin, is destined for testing on land. The other is going to sea aboard an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer as early as 2020, potentially making it the world's first large, war-ready "directed-energy" weapon. Lockheed's laser reportedly draws as much as 150 kilowatts of power per shot—enough to fry boats and unmanned aerial vehicles. Upgrading the laser to 300 kilowatts, thus boosting its range and power, could allow it to also destroy fast-moving, incoming missiles before they can strike their targets. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/neqvag/the-us-navy-bought-its-first-big-laser-cannon Glad they finally made into Toshi Station for those power converters....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorg Posted February 18, 2018 #3 Share Posted February 18, 2018 21st century stuff there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Smoke aLot Posted February 18, 2018 #4 Share Posted February 18, 2018 For missile defense this could be very reliable and efficient solution. Especially because things like Zircon are almost there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Red Devil Posted February 19, 2018 #5 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Railguns, laser cannons...... What's this world coming to? In a wartime situation what are the poor surgeons going to be doing if they have nothing left to work on? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unusual Tournament Posted February 19, 2018 Author #6 Share Posted February 19, 2018 7 hours ago, Black Red Devil said: Railguns, laser cannons...... What's this world coming to? In a wartime situation what are the poor surgeons going to be doing if they have nothing left to work on? identifying the pieces. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztek Posted February 23, 2018 #7 Share Posted February 23, 2018 we had abl program with powerful chemical lasers on broad of 747 decades ago, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted February 24, 2018 #8 Share Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) On 18/02/2018 at 5:52 AM, South Alabam said: 21st century stuff there. Some Royal Navy ships used laser weapons during the Falklands War in 1982. Edited February 24, 2018 by Black Monk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorg Posted February 24, 2018 #9 Share Posted February 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Black Monk said: Some Royal Navy ships used laser weapons during the Falklands War in 1982. I'm just saying this is the future of weaponry. They want to put lasers on AC-130 gun ships too. I didn't mean to imply lasers were totally new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted February 24, 2018 #10 Share Posted February 24, 2018 That just doesn't sound like a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted February 24, 2018 #11 Share Posted February 24, 2018 7 hours ago, Black Monk said: Some Royal Navy ships used laser weapons during the Falklands War in 1982. Only one ship was fitted with it, and it was never used. Hardly an advertisement for the technology Mind you, that WAS 30 years ago. Hmmm... would they work in heavy rain ? Or fog ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted February 25, 2018 #12 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Give it about eight years before they decide that it doesn't actually work, having wasted approximately 200 billion dollars. That's about routine for most new weapons projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted February 26, 2018 #13 Share Posted February 26, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 9:47 AM, South Alabam said: I'm just saying this is the future of weaponry. They want to put lasers on AC-130 gun ships too. I didn't mean to imply lasers were totally new. They had targeting lasers on them for a long time. Looks like a big red beam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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