Posted on 02/13/2023 3:20:12 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Solid state laser death ray. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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And the seals clapped and clapped and clapped.......
Kinda old news:
Yup, that was my thoughts too. But, as a sailor, I try to keep up with what the Navy is doing.
However, the Zumwalt is a test/experiment platform, as is the Mansoor. There’s only 2 of them in the class, I believe.
The Zumwalt was also supposed to have the railgun, but the ammo for the railgun is too expensive to purchase in quantity. Seriously.
“In November 2016, the Navy moved to cancel procurement of the LRLAP, citing per-shell cost increases to $800,000–$1 million resulting from trimming of total ship numbers of the class. Since the AGS was tailor-made to use the LRLAP, it was unable to fulfill the naval gunfire support role it was designed for.”
At the intended power level, the slightest imperfection in a mirror will vaporize in a millisecond. The expanding vapors shred the rest of the target surface.
In prototype demonstrations, such weapons appear to only get a single shot. Then they must be repaired, or critical parts replaced. Maybe the engineers have come up with solutions for that.
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