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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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To: Migraine

Brit-speak...................


21 posted on 01/12/2018 10:00:20 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That’s because British English is a minority dialect of English. They hate it but it’s true.


22 posted on 01/12/2018 10:01:18 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: ClearCase_guy

They are Brits..................


23 posted on 01/12/2018 10:01:41 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Don’t get too excited. This is a test a beta. We will see if it can do anything


24 posted on 01/12/2018 10:02:52 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: SgtHooper
Try it out on a few of the Somali pirates. Should be like toasting ants with a magnifying glass!

I thought I was the only one. I called it "fizzling". Now there's a word with some onomatopoetic value in it.

25 posted on 01/12/2018 10:03:04 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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To: Nifster

My question is can it stay focused while the ship is bobbing up and down?..................


26 posted on 01/12/2018 10:04:43 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

President Clinton remained focused on the business of the American people while Monica Lewinski was bobbing up and down.


27 posted on 01/12/2018 10:07:24 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: SgtHooper

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

Add marshmallows and make Somors!


28 posted on 01/12/2018 10:08:45 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Honk If You've Been Sexually Assaulted By Harvey Weinstein.)
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To: Red Badger

I imagine... it can. Or at least that’s what they’re about to find out, whether it can or not. Sounds like pretty much of a prototype. Prob shouldn’t even be talking about it to the press.


29 posted on 01/12/2018 10:09:28 AM PST by ichabod1 (People don't want to believe it be what it be but it is.)
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To: ichabod1

Kinda hard to hide it.....................


30 posted on 01/12/2018 10:12:26 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Yeah, he stayed ‘focused like a laser beam’ on the economy...................


31 posted on 01/12/2018 10:17:31 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Cool...

I’ve always wanted for our navy to have a combat ship with frickin’ laser beams attached to its deck.


32 posted on 01/12/2018 10:22:29 AM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Red Badger

Yeah, fricken lazer beams attached to the prow of the ship... the concept is badazz.


33 posted on 01/12/2018 10:23:58 AM PST by ichabod1 (People don't want to believe it be what it be but it is.)
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To: Zeppo

Next up: SHARKS!.......................


34 posted on 01/12/2018 10:24:10 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

bkmk


35 posted on 01/12/2018 10:28:47 AM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: Red Badger

That’s a relatively easy to accomplish compared to the atmospherics issues


36 posted on 01/12/2018 10:32:08 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster

True. Fog would be a bigger problem.......................


37 posted on 01/12/2018 10:32:59 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Laser weapons are cool and all, but I think the future of naval warfare belongs to the hypersonic missile. By the time you detect it, it’s already too late.


38 posted on 01/12/2018 11:16:05 AM PST by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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To: D_Idaho

Lasers hit a target over the horizon..........................


39 posted on 01/12/2018 11:18:56 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: D_Idaho

?................left off


40 posted on 01/12/2018 11:19:16 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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