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Homing In On Laser Weapons

Posted by michael on from the now-all-we-need-is-some-sharks dept.

Bloodmoon1 writes "I just came across this article at GlobalSecurity.org that gives a very good summary of the current status of solid-state lasers as weapons. It gives you a good idea of where the JSF Laser system is at and just how much time, effort, and money has went into this project. Also has some basic, but very sufficent, explanations of some of the science behind the technology."

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  1. Obligatory Real Genius Reference.... by shftleft · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Are those they?

    --a big mirror, makes a big beam

    --
    People who have witty things here blow.
  2. Re:Smoke and mirrors by vasqzr · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    I bet you think you can "Catch a fart in a jar", too?

  3. The Posleeen never firugred it out... by BenJeremy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, I'm sure John Ringo is wondering the same thing.

    Actually, humans might have a better time of it than the Posleen. I've seen similarly daunting tasks performed quite well with machine vision and targeting systems.