Military Laser Slices Steel 1km Away

[-Dragmire-]

Ok it's effective against drones and mortars, but what about Deathclaws?

It could probably take on the hairy ones, these Germans look like they got high points in energy weapons.

 

[TornadoADV]

Defending against LASER based defenses would be something only first world countries could afford. But it's certainly doable.

 

[Jfswift]

The good news is that the laser destroyed the incoming missile. The bad news is that it exploded right outside your plane.

 

[Groenteman]

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Ok, so relection wouldnt realy work, but my point still stands. This has a lot of work to do before it will be worthwhile, mostly in the area of range and targeting. 1Km sounds like a lot, but unless you know where the missle is going to land and can get there in time, you would need an insane number of the things to cover, for examples, all populated areas in range of palastine missles.

 

[Risingblade]

Damn it the Germans beat us to it. Well that's ok it's not like they've ever done anything bad with weapons...

 

[Strazdas]

It's always the Germans, isn't it? Still, very fascinating. Conventional guns will never be taken out of production however. This stuff sounds incredibly expensive and even if a handheld weapon were devised, I bet it would be very limited. Probably using a powerpack on the back or something for energy. Who knows...

tanks. lazer tanks with mini reactors for power. unstoppable.

also, as for how fast it works, its all about aiming, and its going to aim as good as the aiming mechamnism is, and for that they use real military grade AA weapon mechanism, so it aism as good as it used to, just destroys more efficiently.

 

[zehydra]

it'd be better if it made a "pew pew" sound too.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Terrifyingly ambitious, if I do say so myself.

Starting to wonder how long it'll be before lasers obsolete gunpowder.

I would think the only thing holding that back is powering the damn things. Making a 50kW laser that someone can hold and operate independent of a massive box producing the requisite power would be difficult, I'd think.

Still cool, though.

 

[Lola Lazerface]

Terrifyingly ambitious, if I do say so myself.

Starting to wonder how long it'll be before lasers obsolete gunpowder.

Please stop saying "if I do say so myself" when you're not talking about something you did. Please.

On topic: I demand a share of the profits considering this was clearly inspired by the beautiful human being that is me.

 

[Pandalisk]

I'm not surprised Rheinmetall came up with this, they have a long history of creating the most OP weapons of the decade.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

Does this mean we could use mirrors as a defense?

 

[someonehairy-ish]

Let me get this straight.

Humanity just made a laser that we then used to blow up robots.

Holy shit.

Did we basically just invent lascannon?

OT: This is way OP. Nerf it, naow.

 

[uttaku]

Now to find some sharks.

(please, by all that is good, have we finally arrived at the happy day when nobody catches the reference?)

no sharks, we do however have ill tempered mutated sea bass

 

[OniaPL]

It makes me so happy whenever science proves to me that maybe our world isn't so boring after all.

 

[Prince Regent]

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Ok, so relection wouldnt realy work, but my point still stands. This has a lot of work to do before it will be worthwhile, mostly in the area of range and targeting. 1Km sounds like a lot, but unless you know where the missle is going to land and can get there in time, you would need an insane number of the things to cover, for examples, all populated areas in range of palastine missles.

True, but theres an easy solution. You simperingly build an even stronger laserrr. Theyre all prototypes and proofs of concept at this moment anyway.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

This is all well and good, but where's my fucking lightsaber?

 

[Kyber]

Terrifyingly ambitious, if I do say so myself.

Starting to wonder how long it'll be before lasers obsolete gunpowder.

I doubt gunpowder/projectile weapons will ever become 100% obsolete. Lasers are awesome, but there ain't nothing like a bolter round (which SOMEONE should be working on RIGHT NOW).

I think someone must have said once that swords will never become obsolete, firearms are just so inaccurate and slow.

 

[Alcamonic]

Yes yes, that is nice and all. Can we now please start to make laser bread/cheese slicers?

 

[The Heik]

Terrifyingly ambitious, if I do say so myself.

Starting to wonder how long it'll be before lasers obsolete gunpowder.

I doubt gunpowder/projectile weapons will ever become 100% obsolete. Lasers are awesome, but there ain't nothing like a bolter round (which SOMEONE should be working on RIGHT NOW).

Well we already have bolt rounds of a sort

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_mm_caliber

Theo only reason why we don't have bolters is because you NEED to either have powered armour or mount it on a vehicle to fire it, else the recoil can break your arm un supported (or at the very least bruise it immensely), and a weaspon that directly damges it's user it wholly inefficient. Besides, anything bigger than a .50 cal is overkill versus infantry, so carrying such heavy ammo in any combative amount is largely pointless.

OT: Nice little machine, but I do wonder it if will have the same practicality issues as the THEL and YAL-1 (linked below)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_High_Energy_Laser

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1

If they have, then it's shaping up to be a pretty awesome new weapon against missile attacks. If not then meh, nothing I haven't seen before.

 

[Sanshou]

But conventional warfare is dead...