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http://news.yahoo.com/watch-u-navy-laser-weapon-two-ships-video-173218470.html

The U.S. Navy announced Wednesday that a new laser weapon deployed into Persian Gulf earlier this year performed seamlessly during testing that wrapped up in November, and declared the weapon a success.

Deployed for the first time aboard the U.S.S. Ponce in September, the Office of Naval Research released a video Wednesday of the LaWS (laser weapon system) taking out two test targets.


“Laser weapons are powerful, affordable and will play a vital role in the future of naval combat operations,” Rear Adm. Matthew L. Klunder, chief of naval research, said in a statement Wednesday. “We ran this particular weapon, a prototype, through some extremely tough paces, and it locked on and destroyed the targets we designated with near-instantaneous lethality.”

The laser performed flawlessly through a range of adverse weather conditions and took out moving targets both at sea and in the air, including small boats and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Operated via a “video-game like controller,” the system is designed to go from non-lethal to lethal output to stun or destroy “asymmetrical threats” like small ships and UAVs.

At less than a dollar per shot, the cost-efficient 30-kilowatt weapon is the first of larger 100 and 150-kilowatt weapons to be deployed aboard later ships.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0DbgNju2wE&list=PLI5XlTgRxSsF9yNBRFDxv24lNo0Knh5DF

 

[slit]

Cool, when can I buy one to protect my home?

 

[Poetic.Injustice]

No pew pew sounds?

 

[Jenov]

Aw, no color lasers

 

[HK-47]

Took us way too long to tech into beam lasers. We never gonna reach plasma.

 

[astroturfing]

Cool, when can I buy one to protect my home?

of course not. just be happy to have a handgun or whatever, that'll protect you from the government.

 

[Face it Tiger..]

the first step into laser weapons.

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

That's really fucking cool.

Love the drone skeet shooting too. Wonder when it will be auto-targeting instead of human controlled?

 

[Bubbavelli]

Yooooooo skynet is pretty much inevitable at this point

 

[Mupod]

Took us way too long to tech into beam lasers. We never gonna reach plasma.

just need to capture some Mutons.

 

[Mesoian]

Are they controlling that thing with a modified dual shock?

 

[DBT85]

U.S.S Ponce.

lol.

Great video though, the 150kw version is going to be fun!

 

[zychi]

So this is what took down the towers at 9/11

/s

 

[backflip10019]

Are they controlling it with a PS4 controller?

 

[Gentleman Jack]

 

[Protein]

U.S.S Ponce.

lol.

Great video though, the 150kw version is going to be fun!

Yeah, that name. I was thinking this would be on something called the USS Steel Dick or USS SkullFuck.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

The dog from Duck Hunt should pop up on the screen if they miss.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Soldier 1: Hold your fire, there's no lifeforms aboard.
Soldier 2: Hold your fire? What, are we paying by the laser now?
Soldier 1: You don't do the budget Terry, I do. And it's $1 per shot.

#BlueHarvestwasright

Are they controlling it with a PS4 controller?

You really want the world's finest controlling a deadly superweapon with dual analog and no aim assist? SMH

 

[Hexa]

Are they controlling it with a PS4 controller?

Armies laser system uses an X1 controller so why not. lol

 

[EatinOlives]

Are they controlling that thing with a modified dual shock?

If so, I certainly hope they replaced the sticks.

 

[backflip10019]

Armies laser system uses an X1 controller so why not. lol

Concave > convex.

 

[The Omega Man]

Suddenly, the army is going to be in a needing video gamers, please apply and be sure to put your KD ration on your sesume

 

[MoodyFog]

Shouldn't every US citizen get one of those to protect themselves from the government?

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

When can I get a mini one to take car of the birds that shit all over my car lol

 

[unholyrevenger72]

Needs to make the disintegration laser sound from War of the Worlds

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

150kw final version? Holy crap. Could that sink a full sized navy ship?

 

[BossLackey]

Finally.

They've been developing these things for decades. Fucking awesome.

 

[Azulsky]

Yeah that should mount up nicely in the back of an F-450.

 

[Protein]

When can I get a mini one to take car of the birds that shit all over my car lol

Not one for birds, but there's an anti-Mosquito Laser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYXPqrXZ1eU

 

[slit]

of course not. just be happy to have a handgun or whatever, that'll protect you from the government.

Excuse me! I said WHEN can I buy one. I'm not asking for permission here. You or the gov't don't tell me no, I do what I want.

 

[iosefe]

and the LaW won...

 

[jimi_dini]

 

[le.phat]

i need this to protect my family.

 

[Surface of Me]

Took us way too long to tech into beam lasers. We never gonna reach plasma.

We'll have Plasma before the year 2150.

 

[NeOak]

So COD AW got that part right :0

 

[Crisco]

So what's stopping us from mounting this thing on a satellite and using it to kill Justin Bie.....errr, terrorists?

 

[lednerg]

 

[DemiMatt]

Are they controlling it with a PS4 controller?

mouse & keyboard or bust. Filthy casuals.

 

[John Kowalski]

I am the LaWS!!!

 

[Wreav]

ugh fucked that gif up

 

[Dr Duncan Steel]

I WILL SHOOT A PIG BUT I WILL NOT SHOOT A PRAWN

Spoiler

Just wanted to post that before I even read the OP or watch the vid. Hope I won't get disappointed!

 

[PhoncipleBone]

There we go.

 

[EASTC0AST_GH05T]

wow wonder what type of wound it would leave on human flesh. It probly would go straight threw someone.

 

[The Silver]

Where's the slow moving red beam?

Dumb and fake, I won't be fooled this nonsense.

 

[toxicgonzo]

Suddenly, the army is going to be in a needing video gamers, please apply and be sure to put your KD ration on your sesume

Also link any 360 no scope kill videos in resume

 

[akira28]

So we can kind of imagine what it would do to a human head.

 

[Flo_Evans]

I would totally be down to join the military if I could play around with blowing up shit with lasers all day.

 

[Ferrio]

Wooo more ways to kill humans.

 

[Trey]

So what's stopping us from mounting this thing on a satellite and using it to kill Justin Bie.....errr, terrorists?

Range, interference, technology.

 

[akira28]

Wooo more ways to kill humans.

well the thought is that this could disable a vehicle, without the need of blowing it up with a missile and killing everyone in it. But...if you absolutely needed to blow up everyone, this could do that too. Coincidentally. It's just a tool really. A precise directed energy tool.