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US Navy deploys world's first Laser weapon in Persian Gulf.
Posted on 7/20/17 at 9:58 am
Posted on 7/20/17 at 9:58 am
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The LaWS, an acronym for Laser Weapons System, is not science fiction. It is not experimental. It is deployed on board the USS Ponce amphibious transport ship, ready to be fired at targets today and every day by Capt. Christopher Wells and his crew.
...LaWS begins with an advantage no other weapon ever invented comes even close to matching. It moves, by definition, at the speed of light. For comparison, that is 50,000 times the speed of an incoming ICBM.
"It is throwing massive amounts of photons at an incoming object," said Lt. Cale Hughes, laser weapons system officer. "We don't worry about wind, we don't worry about range, we don't worry about anything else. We're able to engage the targets at the speed of light."
CNN witnessed that speed and power firsthand.
For the test, the USS Ponce crew launched the target -- a drone aircraft...Immediately, the weapons team zeroed in. "We don't have to lead a target," Hughes explained. "We're doing that engagement at the speed of light so it really is a point and shoot -- we see it, we focus on it, and we can negate that target."
In an instant, the drone's wing lit up, heated to a temperature of thousands of degrees, lethally damaging the aircraft and sending it hurtling down to the sea.
The strike comes silently and invisibly. "It operates in an invisible part of the electromagnetic spectrum so you don't see the beam, it doesn't make any sound, it's completely silent and it's incredibly effective at what it does," said Hughes.
...All the $40 million system needs to operate is a supply of electricity, which is derived from its own small generator, and has a crew of three. No multi-million-dollar missile, no ammunition at all.
The cost per use? "It's about a dollar a shot," said Hughes.
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Posted on 7/20/17 at 10:01 am to TigerinATL
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The strike comes silently and invisibly. "It operates in an invisible part of the electromagnetic spectrum so you don't see the beam, it doesn't make any sound,
That's not terrifying at all
Posted on 7/20/17 at 10:01 am to TigerinATL
This has been developed for a while now. Just gets publicity every so often.
Still cool (hot) as shite.
Still cool (hot) as shite.
This post was edited on 7/20/17 at 10:02 am
Posted on 7/20/17 at 10:02 am to TigerinATL
Big Missle lobbyists must be pissed
Posted on 7/20/17 at 10:02 am to TigerinATL
All that's left is Helicarriers with drone.
Then we have arrived.
Then we have arrived.
Posted on 7/20/17 at 10:03 am to TigerinATL
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we don't worry about range, we don't worry about anything else. We're able to engage the targets at the speed of light."
Fog, rain, dust storms?
Posted on 7/20/17 at 10:04 am to TigerinATL
So, light sabers are next then, right?
Posted on 7/20/17 at 10:04 am to TigerinATL
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The strike comes silently and invisibly. "It operates in an invisible part of the electromagnetic spectrum so you don't see the beam, it doesn't make any sound
That's no fun. I was hoping for GI Joe and Cobra laser blasts.
Posted on 7/20/17 at 10:05 am to TigerinATL
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CNN witnessed that speed and power firsthand
Posted on 7/20/17 at 10:05 am to TigerinATL
Knowing the navy, they'll probably just use it to pick up dudes at the bar.
Posted on 7/20/17 at 10:06 am to 50_Tiger
I hope Trump allows the USN to use the LAWS on the Iranian gunboats that harass commerce in the Gulf.
One shot and you kill their outboard motor
Coast Guard could use this system for drug interdiction operations as well
One shot and you kill their outboard motor
Coast Guard could use this system for drug interdiction operations as well
Posted on 7/20/17 at 10:06 am to LucasP
quote:Some navy baw frick your boyfriend again?
Knowing the navy, they'll probably just use it to pick up dudes at the bar.
It's time to let that go Lukey.
Posted on 7/20/17 at 10:07 am to LucasP
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Knowing the navy, they'll probably just use it to pick up dudes at the bar.
I'm former Navy and got a chuckle out of that one
Posted on 7/20/17 at 10:07 am to TigerinATL
Any videos of demonstrations?
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