Posted on 02/01/2021 8:16:03 AM PST by Onthebrink
Two of Germany’s defense industry heavyweights, MBDA Deutschland and Rheinmetall have been awarded a federal contract to built and develop a laser weapon demonstrator that will be tested at sea.
The project’s timeline is ambitious, with fabrication, assembly, and installation to be completed by the end of this year, with testing in “near-operational conditions,” and the first for a German Naval Frigate. In keeping with German timidity and reluctance towards all things defense-related, MBDA’s press release stressed the defensive nature of the weapon and laser’s minimal collateral damage potential.
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The benefit is that the speed of light is significantly faster than 3000 fps. Mighty hard to dodge a light beam.
Are they laser weapons that go *pew* *pew* *pew*?
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