Posted on 01/12/2018 9:30:04 AM PST by Red Badger
THE US Navy will mount a laser weapon onto a top-class warship, defence officials confirmed.
Top Navy officials said the device is slated to be installed on the USS Portland by this autumn.
Crucially, the prototype will not be used in combat, but may pave the way for high-tech lasers that will be used during warfare.
Captain Brian Metcalfe said: Theyve got what I call power modules that control the laser that will just fit in those open and reserve weight spaces and then the laser itself gets bolted onto the deck.
Its not going to be integrated into the warfare system, it wont be providing tracking data or classification data.
DESTROYER: The lasers could be used in conflicts in the near future
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The ships going to go use the thing and then well start talking about how do you make this part of the ships total systems.
He added: But for now its a bolt-on, its designed to be a temporary thing.
The US has pumped billions into its military and navy over fears it could go to war with China.
US-China relations boffin Zhang Yancheng said the countries tense relationship risked throwing the world into a harrowing nuclear conflict.
He said: A key issue for 2018 is whether we can avoid international conflicts and confrontation, and the relationship between China and the US will largely decide if the world can move past the current globalisation interlude.
His comment were made at a panel on the relationship between China and the US.
But the Trump could see his presidency end if he fails his upcoming medical test.
Trump, aged 71, will undergo his first presidential physical examination at the Walter Reed Medical Centre in Maryland later today.
But the Trump could see his presidency end if he fails his upcoming medical test.
What is a ‘boffin’?
They must need the lead for shielding.
s/
Must be something hidden in the penumbras of the 25th.
Buffing is a Brit term for a really smart guy: A person engaged in scientific or technical research or a person with knowledge or a skill considered to be complex, arcane, and difficult.
Try it out on a few of the Somali pirates. Should be like toasting ants with a magnifying glass!
“Buffering” — another good autocorrect. It changed “boffin” for me.
Boffin is Brit word for scientist.
Laser is a line-of-sight weapon. Not much good against other surface vessels I would think.
Perhaps aircraft and missiles are the intended targets.
A nerd, scholar, scientist, etc...............
At least it’s not a ‘lead balloon’...
(cue the rimshot!)
Interesting. I had not heard it before. Maybe like what we call a maven or a guru here. I thought it was a funny sounding word.
Buffing??? .... I thought it was Boffin!
My first thought was of "Biffing the Vampire Slayer"
A boffin is a term used for scientist etc by those people in the UK who speak a minority dialect of English.
Boffin - a British expression for a scientist or engineer.
These people are pathetic.
Wow! Authentic bureaucrat gibberish as seldom seen or heard!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5Mr5eCF2U
Apparently IOS doesn’t speak Brit and it decided I really meant to write “buffering” instead of “boffin.” I spend more time unmangling words it has butchered for me.
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