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Many Lasers Become One In Lockheed Martin's 30 kW Laser Weapon

Posted by Unknown on from the ready-main-phaser-array dept.

Zothecula writes "In another step forward for laser weapons that brings to mind the Death Star's superlaser, Lockheed Martin has demonstrated a 30-kilowatt fiber laser produced by combining many lasers into a single beam of light. According to the company, this is the highest power laser yet that was still able to maintain beam quality and electrical efficiency, paving the way for a laser weapon system suitable, if not for a Death Star, for a wide range of air, land, and sea military platforms."

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  1. Sharks with frickin lasers by gridzilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know where I would attach that - to a shark's head! Imagine that - sharks with frickin lasers strapped to their heads, and hookers too! In fact forget the sharks.

  2. Re:Please place all shark jokes in this thread. by zAPPzAPP · · Score: 5, Funny

    With so many lasers combined, it will attract all the cats in the world!

  3. What we all want to know is... by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...does it go.... pew! pew!... pew! pew!... pew! pew! pew!

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  4. I can't believe nobody has said it yet.... by Crypto+Gnome · · Score: 3, Funny

    E Pluribus Unum!!!!!!

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  5. Re:Excuse me... Excuse me?!!! by peragrin · · Score: 4, Funny

    shh the Earth is flat. Kentucky schools told him so.

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  6. Re:Please place all shark jokes in this thread. by meta-monkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Death Blossom!

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