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US Navy bolting LASER WEAPON onto lead warship for futuristic warfare
www.dailystar.co.uk ^ | 12th January 2018 | By Anders Anglesey

Posted on 01/12/2018 9:30:04 AM PST by Red Badger

THE US Navy will mount a laser weapon onto a top-class warship, defence officials confirmed.

Top Navy officials said the device is slated to be installed on the USS Portland by this autumn.

Crucially, the prototype will not be used in combat, but may pave the way for high-tech lasers that will be used during warfare.

Captain Brian Metcalfe said: “They’ve got what I call ‘power modules’ that control the laser that will just fit in those open and reserve weight spaces and then the laser itself gets bolted onto the deck.

“It’s not going to be integrated into the warfare system, it won’t be providing tracking data or classification data.

DESTROYER: The lasers could be used in conflicts in the near future

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“The ship’s going to go use the thing and then we’ll start talking about how do you make this part of the ship’s total systems.

He added: “But for now it’s a bolt-on, it’s designed to be a temporary thing.”

The US has pumped billions into its military and navy over fears it could go to war with China.

US-China relations boffin Zhang Yancheng said the countries’ tense relationship risked throwing the world into a harrowing nuclear conflict.

He said: “A key issue for 2018 is whether we can avoid international conflicts and confrontation, and the relationship between China and the US will largely decide if the world can move past the current globalisation interlude.”

His comment were made at a panel on the relationship between China and the US.

But the Trump could see his presidency end if he fails his upcoming medical test.

Trump, aged 71, will undergo his first presidential physical examination at the Walter Reed Medical Centre in Maryland later today.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Military/Veterans; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: laser; navy; physical; usn; weapon
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1 posted on 01/12/2018 9:30:04 AM PST by Red Badger
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But the Trump could see his presidency end if he fails his upcoming medical test.

What is a ‘boffin’?


2 posted on 01/12/2018 9:36:38 AM PST by ichabod1 (People don't want to believe it be what it be but it is.)
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To: Red Badger

They must need the lead for shielding.

s/


3 posted on 01/12/2018 9:37:06 AM PST by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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But the Trump could see his presidency end if he fails his upcoming medical test.

Must be something hidden in the penumbras of the 25th.

4 posted on 01/12/2018 9:37:29 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ichabod1

Buffing is a Brit term for a really smart guy: A person engaged in scientific or technical research or a person with knowledge or a skill considered to be complex, arcane, and difficult.


5 posted on 01/12/2018 9:39:07 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Red Badger

Try it out on a few of the Somali pirates. Should be like toasting ants with a magnifying glass!


6 posted on 01/12/2018 9:39:30 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Buffering” — another good autocorrect. It changed “boffin” for me.


7 posted on 01/12/2018 9:39:57 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ichabod1

Boffin is Brit word for scientist.
Laser is a line-of-sight weapon. Not much good against other surface vessels I would think.
Perhaps aircraft and missiles are the intended targets.


8 posted on 01/12/2018 9:40:27 AM PST by Bitman
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A nerd, scholar, scientist, etc...............


9 posted on 01/12/2018 9:41:19 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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At least it’s not a ‘lead balloon’...

(cue the rimshot!)


10 posted on 01/12/2018 9:42:39 AM PST by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Interesting. I had not heard it before. Maybe like what we call a maven or a guru here. I thought it was a funny sounding word.


11 posted on 01/12/2018 9:43:20 AM PST by ichabod1 (People don't want to believe it be what it be but it is.)
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Buffing??? .... I thought it was Boffin!


12 posted on 01/12/2018 9:44:41 AM PST by Reily
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To: ichabod1
Interesting. I had not heard it before.

My first thought was of "Biffing the Vampire Slayer"

13 posted on 01/12/2018 9:51:47 AM PST by usurper ( version)
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To: ichabod1

A boffin is a term used for scientist etc by those people in the UK who speak a minority dialect of English.


14 posted on 01/12/2018 9:51:56 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: ichabod1

Boffin - a British expression for a scientist or engineer.


15 posted on 01/12/2018 9:54:19 AM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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16 posted on 01/12/2018 9:55:32 AM PST by dfwgator
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Trump could see his presidency end if he fails his upcoming medical test.

These people are pathetic.

17 posted on 01/12/2018 9:57:43 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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relationship between China and the US will largely decide if the world can move past the current globalisation interlude

Wow! Authentic bureaucrat gibberish as seldom seen or heard!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5Mr5eCF2U

18 posted on 01/12/2018 9:58:12 AM PST by Migraine ((A smartass who is right can be downright funny. A smartass who is wrong is just a smartass.))
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19 posted on 01/12/2018 9:58:20 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Reily

Apparently IOS doesn’t speak Brit and it decided I really meant to write “buffering” instead of “boffin.” I spend more time unmangling words it has butchered for me.


20 posted on 01/12/2018 9:58:50 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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