U.S.S. Portland shoots down drone with Laser Weapon....way cool..

https://youtu.be/xP94wR-wq4g ^ | 5/23/20 | Basalt

[Paul R.]

There is some spread of the beam and atmospheric losses even on a clear day, of course...

[Agatsu77]

No, the inverse square law does NOT apply to lasers. That is why they even work at all. Lasers do spread, but not that way.

[DrPretorius]

Tyson said “Everybody’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”

[dp0622]

Good Lord!!

lol I thought it was an atomic blast i didn’t know about

i thought 25 million times sounded like a lot for another bomb :)

i looked it up and saw it was an asteroid

[Bringbackthedraft]

Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon would be proud. But wasn’t it Ming’s technology? Oh wait, Ming probably stole the research data from earth.

[hdstmf]

Look at the silver lining. Bye bye to New York, New Jersey,
LA,SanFran, Seattle...

[Sirius Lee]

But wasn’t it Ming’s technology?

Obligatory.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

It likely makes more sense / would be much easier to inundate East Coast / West Coast cities.

And the downside of that would be?

[Sirius Lee]

And the downside of that would be?

Jacksonville is Trump county. What did Jacksonville ever do to you? Was yours the only team that ever got beaten by the Jags or something?

[Spktyr]

Go look at the dwell and recharge time between shots. Also, this was hitting a slow, prop driven drone, not a hypersonic seaskimming missile.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

What did Jacksonville ever do to you?

You show me a city that ISN'T RAT....and I'll show you an electoral accident.

Was yours the only team that ever got beaten by the Jags or something?

All sports mean exactly nothing.

[ealgeone]

Hey, just what you see here, pal.

[bert]

Pro football is an opiate for the masses

[ealgeone]

The question will be determined by how much power can the ship generate.

[Vermont Lt]

The story I heard is it is always under the surface off the coast.

But then again, I am still waiting for the suitcase nukes from 9/11.

[Sirius Lee]

Maine is on the East Coast. Bless your heart.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Maine is on the East Coast. Bless your heart.

Really? I hadn't notice that.

(bless your own damn heart)

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

If they want to destroy the US, the last thing they'd do is hit Portland. The Russians would want to encourage Portland...

[ConservaTeen]

The USS Portland? If it was named for Portland, Oregon, leftists would be mad, if it was named for Portland, Maine, will the sailors have lobsters? Or maybe it was named for Portland, Connecticut and it is made from Brownstone...😀

Sounds cool...Star Wars is almost here ...

[elbook]

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Significance is that even if small drones are not capable of carrying sufficient weapons, THEY can be used to scout out and designate targets for other larger weapons.

All american warships should eventually have such ‘bug lights’ to knock out all enemy drones anywhere near themselves.

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