Jan 23, 2024 · A 1 KJ laser pulse will wound or kill, comparable to a 500 J pistol; a 10 KJ pulse is devastating to flesh and will damage light vehicles, ...
Nov 15, 2023 · If it is at all humanly possible to create battle lasers, I don't have to think twice about which country will be spending billions to make that ...
Apr 16, 2022 · The latest stuff is apparently above 100 kilowatt, which should be enough to damage most missiles and aircraft fairly quickly (but not ...
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May 12, 2013 · No. A mirror doesn't reflect 100% of the energy and even .1% loss to heat from a 100kw laser would be 100watts in a very small ...
Jan 13, 2023 · The Navy has now taken possession of a half-dozen new laser weapons for integration onto surface warships, officials said on Wednesday.
May 7, 2024 · Shooting down sub-$100k drones with million dollar missles is not economically sustainable. The laser costs ~$8M to manufacture, but it only ...
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Jan 4, 2024 · Like we have laser weapons on aircraft but is it theoretical possible to scale that tech down to where you could carry it around on your person?
Jul 9, 2020 · The contrary; I described the current laser weapons are on the order of 100 kW. 1 petawatt does not equal one milliwatt. It equals one petawatt.
Feb 20, 2024 · In short: no, lasers don't require anything nearly as big as a conventional cannon for the action bit, but the parts that don't directly make ...
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Mar 4, 2024 · Lasers would be highly useful in space warfare- most obviously for torpedo defense. The US already had an anti-ICBM laser on the Boeing Yal-1 .