To: Red Badger
Rheinmetall, maker of dangerous toys since 1889.
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To: Red Badger
4 posted on
10/29/2025 8:53:47 PM PDT by
sauropod
To: Red Badger
Lasers basically obsolete drones, or goes a long way to doing so.
5 posted on
10/29/2025 8:58:35 PM PDT by
Jonty30
(Socialism's promises, like a Djinn's wishes to the greedy, lead to punishment when due. )
To: Red Badger
What’s the power source and how will it be carried into the field?
6 posted on
10/29/2025 9:05:41 PM PDT by
PGR88
To: Red Badger
Germany…. Ending electricity, buying an electric weapon. Blockheads
8 posted on
10/29/2025 9:21:32 PM PDT by
DesertRhino
(When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
To: Red Badger
"The companies pointed out that the laser weapons system offers new possibilities for counter-operations against non-cooperative targets."
10 posted on
10/29/2025 10:35:47 PM PDT by
A strike
(Why is the UnitedStates at war with Russia? fmi6)
To: Red Badger
as well as for attacking speedboatsHEY, I HAVE AN IDEA!!!
11 posted on
10/29/2025 10:47:23 PM PDT by
NonValueAdded
(First, I was a clinger, then deplorable, now I'm garbage. Feel the love? )
To: Red Badger
It must use a dedicated power station similar to those used by all the new data centers being built.
12 posted on
10/29/2025 10:54:08 PM PDT by
Nachoman
(Proudly oppressing people of color since 1957.)
To: Red Badger
“is expected to be deployed for operational use starting in 2029. “
Just hold on until then Ukraine. You can win this.
13 posted on
10/29/2025 10:56:32 PM PDT by
McGruff
To: Red Badger
So far no one is even trying to shoot down the mysterious drones that have been flying over Europe. I do not know if this laser weapon is for the battlefield drones or the mysterious ones.
To: Red Badger
When I worked at BAE, my group (on a project I was not part of) demonstrated a kinetic weapon (gun) that could easily automatic plunk drones, like shooting skeet. The videos were impressive, and fun. They also had a laser weapon, but could not demonstrate it because of range safety concerns for aircraft 50 miles away. They had also developed a system installed on a Bradley fighting vehicle that could detect and shoot down RPG’s, at any azimuth, but that’s all it could do.
To: Red Badger
They need to minaturize this so it can be mounted on the head of a shark.
18 posted on
10/30/2025 4:32:55 AM PDT by
PTBAA
To: Red Badger
Didn’t Israel and Lockheed team up for this already?
19 posted on
10/30/2025 5:23:31 AM PDT by
EandH Dad
(sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
To: Red Badger
Impressive sets bomb use back for fast results.
22 posted on
10/30/2025 8:40:10 AM PDT by
Vaduz
To: Red Badger
Specifying this in Watts may not be the best measure. I think they should do this using Joules. A Watt is one Joule per second. A pulsed laser isn't on for long, expressed in milliseconds or microseconds. So a 10K Watt laser might deliver only 10 Joules, or .01 Joules.
I suspect it is a 10K Joule device.
23 posted on
10/30/2025 3:52:41 PM PDT by
GingisK
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