Am I the only one that got the impression from the title that instead of using lasers to aim lightning at targets, that the scientists managed to shoot DOWN lightning, with lasers.
Army Scientists Shoot Lightning With Lasers
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Interesting, it's only 0.1 Joules of energy for a 50billion watts to be released in 2trillionths of a second. The laser itself won't even generate that much heat, or require that big of a power source. The hard part is just getting a capacitor to deliver that energy quickly enough.
Welcome to America where we'll give an 18 year old the ability to shoot lightening from a gun but alcohol is too dangerous.Tiger Sora said:
I think the impact of this weapon comes from the morale damage it can inflict, I mean if your enemy has the power of Zeus that to me is plenty of incentive not to resist.
Sadly everybody already knows how to counter lightning. Its called a Faraday Cage, better known as... a car.
Are you kidding? People manage to crash cars often enough on just two dimensions. You don't honestly think they'd be crazy enough to let the average driver have a third dimension do you?Evilsanta said:
I'd rather not have a drunk driver plow through the roof of my second story bedroom than-you-very-much!
OT: Glad to see that they've finally found a practical application for lightning. With all the power that your average thunderbolt contains it was just screaming for us to find some way to harness it (I thought they would have found a power source with it first but oh well, guess no awesome renewable energy brought to us by Thor and Raiden)
It's certainly going to be fun seeing an AC-130 using a couple of these babies though. Nothing says "F**k you" quite like borrowing God's "smite" button for realsies.
So considering it's power usage and the no doubt fragile components that allow it to function I feel it is safe to assume that if it ever sees combat it is going to be a
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Static emplacement.
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Static emplacement.
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Except Japan is looking at Gundams, which would provide a very effective mobile platform, if they get it right.Cpu46 said:
that sounds pretty cool, though from the title i thought they were shooting laser beams a lightening bolts in the sky just for shits and giggles.
I fail to see what's so exciting; electro-lasers aren't exactly news.
I suppose that people are also unaware that there are prototypes of nuclear powered drones and that Australia has a plasma drive?
I suppose that people are also unaware that there are prototypes of nuclear powered drones and that Australia has a plasma drive?
The army may have stumbled onto something brilliant here.
They just need to start running an ad campaign featuring people firing this thing and they'll see enlistment figures skyrocket.
They just need to start running an ad campaign featuring people firing this thing and they'll see enlistment figures skyrocket.
I know ): but still surely it's theoretically possible that if they entered the fringes of the planets atmosphere you'd be able to do it. Would be a pretty cool thing to have though.BabySinclair said:
Definately game, British Empire in space, it'd basically be if the Helghast were successful. (Not sure how they aren't really, having played all 3 Killzone games, they seem decidedly more competent than the ISA, not to mention better equipped.)teebeeohh said:
Sadly here in Britain we dson't have much of a Navy left after the raather deep cuts in our defence budget.Bradeck said:
We do have nuclear submarines though. All over the place. Carrying lots of lovely missiles.
If only we could replace guns with hugs maybe we could stop the mindless killing. )= I only support mindful killing.