Rollo Tomasi
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I'm calling bullshit. They've had laser weapons on satellites in space for decades. Space lasers yo.
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Footage of US military's laser weapon (LaWS) killing the shit out of two test targets
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Actually it looked like they were testing it in ways that demonstrate the avoidance of killing humans. It targeted a single device on the boat, which could potentially be a weapon. Being able to target the device posing the threat is a nice change from blowing up the entire thing.
Target the enemy ship's engines Lt. Worf.
We've had all sorts of energy weapons since the 60s. but...this one is cheap, made with commercial parts, and installed on a boat. Not in some secret lab somewhere, hiding from the UN and the US Senate.
Energy weapons might just become mainstream.
Escape Goat
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That's "killing the shit" out of two targets? I was expecting more.
Fenderputty
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I wonder what the distance is and if it's limits are due to the power or the parabolic nature of the earths surface. When do we bring the Star Wars program back and bring hellfire down from the sky with pin point accuracy?
FriendlyGoat
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No pew pew sounds?
No sounds, no bright flashes of red and green...just precise, instant death. This is kind of horrifying.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
We'll be more prepared for aliens this way.
I like this post.
Fenderputty
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What were you expecting from a laser? I think I was expecting less. Maybe just a puff of smoke and a burned hole.
Locke Lamora
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Rheinmetall tested some laser technology for a couple of years now. Stationary lasers but also mobile lasers.
From left to right: 5kW HEL-Effektor „Mobile HEL Effector Wheel XX“, 1kW-HEL-Effektor „Mobile HEL Effector Track V", 20kW-HEL-Effektor „Mobile HEL Effector Container L"
Pew pew:
Destroying ammo without killing anyone
In several tests the lasers also destroyed barbwire blockades and mines. So, it's not always about killing people.
From left to right: 5kW HEL-Effektor „Mobile HEL Effector Wheel XX“, 1kW-HEL-Effektor „Mobile HEL Effector Track V", 20kW-HEL-Effektor „Mobile HEL Effector Container L"
Pew pew:
Destroying ammo without killing anyone
In several tests the lasers also destroyed barbwire blockades and mines. So, it's not always about killing people.
Warm Machine
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No gravity drop, spin, or wind to make it go off course. Just dead straight.
How does this hold up to mirrors though?
hardly. they're smart enough to shoot at the big chemical power sources with their own military lasers.
Love is our only hope. Love and being so good in sex with the aliens that they decide to uplift us to their level of civilization.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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Hexa
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Which is also really cool.
FeenixRising
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Navy uses the DualShock
Army uses the Xbox controller
Symmetrical vs Asymmetrical!! Who wins!!!!!!
Army uses the Xbox controller
Symmetrical vs Asymmetrical!! Who wins!!!!!!
L4DANathan
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WELCOME TO THE FUTURE! Taking all bets as to which country builds the Death Star first!
While some AW may seem like sci-fi there is a decent bit of it that is actually in the realm of possibility.
NeOak
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Space doesn't have air, which actually fucks lasers over long distances. Plus, gravity.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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yes it is.
Reasonably well, probably. Just about any realistic surface is going to absorb at least 10% of the energy in the laser, say, because no matter how good of an infrared mirror you're manufacturing you're going to have a hell of a time keeping it perfectly clean.
No pew pew sounds?
No pew pew or different colors for opposing sides. :[
Thaedolus
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What about reflecting it back toward the source? Say you have a mirror that tracks the source ship?
EDIT - I just realized that could be a pretty dumb question as the beam would likely scatter...right?
HazySaiyan
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Was expecting this:
and I didn't get it.
>not using EEGs to aim with your mind
Get on my level, scrubs.
and I didn't get it.
>2014
>not using EEGs to aim with your mind
Get on my level, scrubs.
Corronchilejano
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At some point this'll escape the goverment grasp and soon we'll have kids in the street burning through our belts making our pants fall off.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
This is like straight out of Real Genius. :O
Where is the popcorn?!
Where is the popcorn?!
Phoenix
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They've never really been hiding them. The issue has always been the power source. HELSTAF has been showing this for a long time, and we had THEL for a while too. Israel has been pretty far ahead of the game in this and has laser based defense systems as part of their Iron Dome for a while now.
Gnome Scat
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Now we just need an arm mounted one...
Phoenix
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That's coming sooner than you think. The problem has been more with getting a tactical laser of sufficient power on something that can be fielded in a tactical manner against an individual. As the power problem gets solved (and now that they are testing in tank form factors we're getting close), you're more likely to see specific hits against individuals. Right now you just wouldn't have anything with the sensors that would mark an individual (i.e. aircraft) with the sufficient power for the laser.
But once that happens, you'll see more targeted strikes against a single person or small group. However from a war-fighting perspective - its rare that a target that you want to hit is just hanging out by himself so you're still likely to use some sort of munition to kill that target and the 'opportunity' targets that are around him.
The Technomancer
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Was expecting this:
and I didn't get it.
>2014
>not using EEGs to aim with your mind
Get on my level, scrubs.
You're never going to get that, sorry. Lasers don't show up along the path of the beam unless you're shooting them through a visible gas or something
soul creator
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Can anyone figure out what it's shot on the flying drone?On the drone boats it hit exposed warheads but there is no close up on the flying one. Can it actually kill a vehicle that doesn't have some type of exposed explosive? Are we going to have two laser equipped warships circling each other trying to blind anyone that isn't wearing their protective goggles?
User 73706
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It's a ruggedized hand controller based on game controllers. I haven't used that exact model but several just like it. They work well but are extremely expensive.What controller is this? Looks like a modded PS3
I work on several projects that use a mix of military grade controllers to xbox controllers. The sailors usually prefer the xbox controllers but it doesn't come with the precision that the ruggedized controllers offer. I also prefer the xbox controller because it's easy for them to replace when they break.
So what you are saying is we just need to learn how to shoot the gas along side the beam?
The Incarnation
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Was hoping for the target to expand and glow red and then vanish.
Sgt.Pepper
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