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The US Army to Deliver Its 50-kW Laser Combat Vehicles in 2022
Four laser weapon-equipped Stryker vehicles are in the works.
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Mrs 3M does this to me on a regular basis. Perhaps this is the best use for female combat soldiers? Just let them get married and it's automatic.What they really wish they could put into the vehicles. A squad of these....
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Creynons is so 90, duhhh.Wonder how long before the Marines start using them to melt their crayons so they can get a hot meal?
Energy weapons have been in orbit since Reagan.Wow, just wow, and I thought the Space Force would be the first to get ray guns. Who'd of thunk.
Used to use a CNC laser that was 6mev that could cut up to 1/4" steel. What good would a 300kw laser do on the battlefield? Laser target designator? Something to range and target better?
6 MeV | 0.00000000000000000026703 kWh |
Sounds pretty low. Maybe 6MW? Anyway, it was a C02 laser cutting aluminum and steel. The linear accelerator from another company must have been in the mev range.
6 MeV 0.00000000000000000026703 kWh
I am given to understand that cutting lasers as in the 5-20 KW range.Sounds pretty low. Maybe 6MW? Anyway, it was a C02 laser cutting aluminum and steel. The linear accelerator from another company must have been in the mev range.
As I recall, the downside was that those lasers required a dedicated aircraft of considerable size, were slow to recharge, and that anti-missile missiles were deemed more practical?I don't remember what kind of output, but back in the early 2000s the Air Force was experimenting with airborne laser systems that could shoot down all kinds of threats, including Ballistic re-entry vehicles, bombers, and fighters! It worked as advertised, but I never saw any enter service!
Ronnie Ray-gun! Too bad we got wimpy Mr. Peanut II back in the Oval Office.Energy weapons have been in orbit since Reagan.