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Boeing's Enormous Navy Laser Cannon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the pew-pew-pew dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Boeing is working to build a huge, incredibly powerful, soon-to-be-seafaring laser for the US Navy. This free electron laser can produce light of any wavelength (ie, color) directly from an electron beam, and gets an energy boost from a superconducting particle accelerator. Once it's onboard ships, the laser could be used to shoot down cruise missiles and artillery shells."

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  1. Wow! by lennier1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine the size of those sharks required for such huge laser weapons.

  2. Re:Why Navy? by SilverHatHacker · · Score: 4, Funny

    RTFS. It works in any color.

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