The US successfully tested a laser weapon that can destroy aircraft mid-flight

And this is just the shite they’re releasing for public consumption

Your move, China

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The US successfully tested a laser weapon that can destroy aircraft mid-flight

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This is a different one than what they used on TWA 800?

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And this is just the shite they’re releasing for public consumption

Your move, China

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Space Force.

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Here's the video game

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FIFY

That looks like some N. Korean test footage there, lol.

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Can it destroy a rocket/missile mid air?

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I would think so, considering it's a concentrated beam of so many photons that it'll light something ablaze and moves at the speed of light. It also doesn't have to take wind, atmospheric conditions, or travel time into account... it just goes where you point it.

This 150kw version may not be able to "blow up" a missile mid-flight, but I would imagine that it'll at least frick with the guidance system to some degree; and there will be more powerful lasers in the near future, if there aren't already.

I think the ultimate plan is to have them as an automated missile defense system for land and seacraft that'll blast anything out of the sky with just a quick shot of the beam

I guess it goes from God, to Jerry, to you, to the cleaners. Right, Kent?

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Here's the video

LINK

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Wow. That's some Star Wars looking shite right there.

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We don't worry about wind, we don't worry about range, we don't worry about anything else.

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Wonder how it does in rain?