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German Laser Destroys Targets More Than 1Km Away

Posted by samzenpus on from the lazlo-approved dept.

kkleiner writes "A German company has brought us one step closer to the kinds of shootouts only seen in Sci-Fi films. Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall Defense recently tested a 50kW, high-energy laser at their proving ground facility in Switzerland. First, the system sliced through a 15mm- (~0.6 inches) thick steel girder from a kilometer away. Then, from a distance of two kilometers, it shot down a handful of drones as they nose-dived toward the surface at 50 meters per second."

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  1. Re:50 m/s = 180 km/h = 111.85 mph by CAIMLAS · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Right. That's precisely why America is responsible for starting:

    * the sexual revolution
    * most worldwide cultural trends in style
    * international outsourcing
    * international democracy dispersion
    * guilt politics
    * white guilt
    * the technology revolution
    * pretty much everything successful you use on a daily basis

    Sorry; these are not things of a stubborn, arrogant, or resistant people.

    Meanwhile, Europe is stuck using political systems popularized in the 1930s... yeah, that's right; I said it.

    Ask a black Frenchman, Welshman, or a Gypsy how open and accepting his fellow countryman is some day.

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