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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS Navy Shows Off Laser Cannon That Can Shoot Down Drones
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-shows-off-laser-cannon-that-can-shoot-down-drones-2013-4The US Navy says it is preparing to roll out a sea-based laser weapon capable of disabling small enemy vessels and shooting down surveillance drones in what is being hailed as a potential "game-changer".
The laser system will be deployed in 2014, two years ahead of schedule, aboard the USS Ponce, an amphibious transport ship retrofitted as a waterborne staging base, the Navy said Monday.
Chief of Naval Research Admiral Matthew Klunder said the cost of one blast of "directed energy" could be less than $1.
"Compare that to the hundreds of thousands of dollars it costs to fire a missile, and you can begin to see the merits of this capability," he said in a US Navy statement.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-shows-off-laser-cannon-that-can-shoot-down-drones-2013-4#ixzz2PyJeNs7M
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US Navy Shows Off Laser Cannon That Can Shoot Down Drones (Original Post)
xchrom
Apr 2013
OP
Bogus statistic, $1. Equipment needs maintenance, capacitors replacing, etc. However, has a point.nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2013
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loli phabay
(5,580 posts)1. we need to build a death star.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,788 posts)2. Bogus statistic, $1. Equipment needs maintenance, capacitors replacing, etc. However, has a point.nt
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)3. Just like those antimissile tests.
flying in a straight line, broadcasting IFF for targeting lockon, etc.