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Watch The U.S. Navy’s New Laser Weapon Take Out Two Ships
The Daily Caller ^ | 12/5 | The Daily Caller

Posted on 12/10/2014 12:20:15 PM PST by TangledUpInBlue

The U.S. Navy announced Wednesday that a new laser weapon deployed into Persian Gulf earlier this year performed seamlessly during testing that wrapped up in November, and declared the weapon a success.

Deployed for the first time aboard the U.S.S. Ponce in September, the Office of Naval Research released a video Wednesday of the LaWS (laser weapon system) taking out two test targets

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; iraq; ironbeam; kuwait; laserweaponsystem; laws; persiangulf
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To: anoldafvet

yep, maybe while in full session. Possibly during this bastards State of the Union speach.


21 posted on 12/10/2014 1:13:07 PM PST by Joe Boucher (The F.B.I. Is a division of holders Justice Dept. (Nuff said))
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To: TangledUpInBlue

“Ships” = test targets?


22 posted on 12/10/2014 1:16:10 PM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: BBell

“How long until the ChiComs come up with their own Laser that will suspiciously resemble ours?”

Or come up with missile delivered EMP cluster munitions that leave the operator’s console blank or cause it to reboot with Windows Vista?


23 posted on 12/10/2014 1:17:59 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: BBell

That was my first thought.


25 posted on 12/10/2014 1:20:43 PM PST by odawg
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To: TangledUpInBlue

The solution to hypersonics.


26 posted on 12/10/2014 1:25:30 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

http://www.startrek.com/legacy_media/images/200307/gal-mov-iv-05/320x240.jpg


27 posted on 12/10/2014 1:28:44 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: TangledUpInBlue
Wonder what the effective range is? Rate of fire? Overcome protective counter-measures? How well?

I hope this is more than using a magnifying glass to burn ants. I'd love to see Achmed's do-rag light off!

28 posted on 12/10/2014 1:46:47 PM PST by stboz
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29 posted on 12/10/2014 2:05:49 PM PST by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: BBell
When will the Navy come up with a smaller version that can be fitted on sharks?

Heck, I want to see those lasers deployed on our southern border. Arm them and watch the pops like "popcorn" on night vision video cameras. A dollar a shot is cheaper than giving them benefits as illegals here.

30 posted on 12/10/2014 2:58:15 PM PST by roadcat
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Should be cruising off the coast of Somalia picking off pirate ships.


31 posted on 12/10/2014 3:02:07 PM PST by The Great RJ
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Didn’t anyone notice? The BOATS, no ships, were not sunk to “taken out”. A small package on a stand was destroyed Far from taking it a ship.


32 posted on 12/11/2014 8:43:23 AM PST by pacific_waters
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To: TangledUpInBlue

The operator looked like he was controlling it with an Xbox 360 remote control.


33 posted on 12/11/2014 8:55:21 AM PST by Sawdring
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Use of high-energy beams in warfare was predicted by Nicola Tesla, but it’s taken a while to work out some of the details. :’)

http://www.google.com/search?q=iron+beam+site:freerepublic.com/focus/


34 posted on 12/14/2014 9:27:56 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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