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Here comes the Army's first laser battalion
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| 6 August, 2020
| Jared Keller
Posted on 08/17/2020 7:13:06 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: Durus
“Ronnie Ray Guns”
I like it!
Reagan was a great President!
President Trump is looking to outclass him, given a second term.
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posted on
08/17/2020 8:08:25 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: shineon
my dod worked on one in the mid seventies. DOD or Dad?
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posted on
08/17/2020 8:09:32 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: marktwain
This is a Truly
Weird Thread.
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posted on
08/17/2020 8:19:25 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(TRUMP vs Biden-----------Any Question?)
To: marktwain
Any recruits from Antifa?
They seem to have a lot of recent field experience........
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posted on
08/17/2020 8:34:14 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no merit in compromising with the Devil.)
To: marktwain
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posted on
08/17/2020 8:38:23 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
To: marktwain
I worked on adaptive optics systems for high-bandwidth free space optical communications. We were working with AFRL and NRL. Everything you’ve stated is public domain knowledge.
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posted on
08/17/2020 8:44:04 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
To: Pikachu_Dad
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posted on
08/17/2020 8:44:14 PM PDT
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
To: marktwain
Military needs shark shaped drones...with frickin lazers...
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posted on
08/17/2020 8:48:05 PM PDT
by
Daniel Ramsey
(Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
To: marktwain
We have been working to develop tactical and strategic lasers for at least 45 years.
I supported a test in which a helicopter was shot down by laser in 1975, as I recall.
They have already been fielded, with limited capability.
These are 10x stronger, with another 3x on the horizon.
That would reach the level of being able to shoot down cruse missiles.
*************
That’s all cool and everything, and I do hope it turns out all to the good, but...
The old infantry grunt part of me is saying “I’ll take ‘Crap that won’t work as advertised for $1000.00, Alex’”.
I’m just glad it’s not more of that exoskeleton stuff. If it can make it so an infantryman *can* carry 1000lbs, then said infantryman *will* be required to carry 1000lbs. And when the damn thing breaks down, the infantry outfit will still have to carry the loadout, plus the damn exoskeleton.
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posted on
08/17/2020 8:50:01 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: marktwain; phantomworker
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posted on
08/17/2020 8:51:41 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Quarantine the sick. Shield the vulnerable. Free everyone else!)
To: marktwain
Isn’t space already at absolute zero?
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posted on
08/17/2020 8:54:45 PM PDT
by
shotgun
To: marktwain
In the article, they are talking about 300 kw in the near future.Holy supercapacitors, Batman!
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posted on
08/17/2020 9:10:55 PM PDT
by
Sparticus
(Primary the Tuesday group!)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
To: marktwain
... As I recall, we used that with the Air Borne Laser (ABL). ... 
Role Airborne Laser (ABL) anti-ballistic missile weapons system
Manufacturer Boeing
First flight July 18, 2002
Retired September 25, 2014
Status Canceled
Primary user United States Air Force
Number built 1
Developed from Boeing 747-400F
To: MacNaughton
Darn, I was trying to find that gif. Thanks!
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posted on
08/17/2020 9:27:27 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("And oft conducted by historic truth, We tread the long extent of backward time.")
To: marktwain
Now... take that turret ... make it six inches high ... dial down the power to say .5 kilowatt, place on a flat field, rotate 360° and you have the world’s fastest lawn mower.
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posted on
08/17/2020 9:49:35 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Blood of Tyrants
50 kW is in the serious power range. I imagine they will be in the ultraviolet range because ultraviolet has more power than lower band weapons. I seriously doubt UV lasers. More power per photon, but UV lasers are seriously harder to make, less robust, and harder to operate.
Infra-red all the way. Mirror tolerances are much less demanding.
To: marktwain
Missiles are also detectable by infrared too - leading edge heating is a thing.
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posted on
08/17/2020 10:39:42 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: marktwain
All I want for Xmas is a high power laser and a 6 pack!
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posted on
08/18/2020 12:08:40 AM PDT
by
Herakles
(Diversity is applied Marxism!)
To: BipolarBob
Just what you see, pal.
CC
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posted on
08/18/2020 1:37:00 AM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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