U.S. Developing 100-Kilowatt Laser for Strike Fighters

redwolfoz writes "New Scientist reports that American defence contractors, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, are developing a 100-kilowatt infrared laser weapon for the F35 Joint Strike Fighter that may be powerful enough to blind people on the ground, even if they are relatively far from the target."

Comments

Re:4 seconds is enough

[Malc]

Ask the Irish how well they avoided famine whilst being part of the British Empire.

Re:Inhumane Weapons

[TWR]

The Geneva Conventions are, in a word, nonsense. Has there been a war yet where BOTH sides actually obeyed them?

Are you aware that under the Geneva Conventions, prisoners of war are supposed to receive equipment to perform scientific experiments, if they so desire? Care to give a chemistry set or bio lab to an enemy in this day and age?

The fact is that the Geneva Conventions were nonsense from the beginning. Well-meaning nonsense, but nonesense nonetheless. You might as well cite the the Kellogg-Briand Pact when complaining about wartime activities. You know, the agreement that outlawed war in the 1928? It won its sponsors the Nobel Peace Prize. Worked real well, didn't it? Haven't had a war in the world since it was ratified...

-jon