In recent test-blasts, Pentagon-researchers at Northrop Grumman managed to get its 105 kilowatts of power out of their laser -- past the "100kW threshold [that] has been viewed traditionally as a proof of principle for 'weapons grade' power levels for high-energy lasers," Northrop's vice president of directed energy systems, Dan Wildt, said in a statement.
Sweet and terrifying at the same time.
RIP Hacker.
Blackout
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Mar 18 2009 04:20 pm
Lasers powerful enough to be used as beam weapons is nothing new, the problem is that it's not cost effective. it's far cheaper to shoot a hail of high velocity metal at your target. Lasers are better for targeting.
Knyte
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Posted:
Mar 18 2009 07:17 pm
Blackout wrote:
Lasers powerful enough to be used as beam weapons is nothing new, the problem is that it's not cost effective. it's far cheaper to shoot a hail of high velocity metal at your target. Lasers are better for targeting.
