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US Navy takes delivery of tactical Lockheed Martin laser weapon
https://newatlas.com ^
| August 20, 2022
| By David Szondy
Posted on 08/21/2022 6:32:21 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
The age of the ray gun is almost upon us after the US Navy took delivery of a near-operational high-energy tactical laser weapon called the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system from Lockheed Martin that can be installed in existing warships.
When the first laser was invented by Theodore Maiman at the Hughes Research Lab in Malibu, California, in 1960, it was almost immediately seen as a potential superweapon – the death-ray of science fiction come to life.
While the ability to generate beams of coherent light provided scientists and engineers with a unique tool that would revolutionize many fields over the next six decades, producing a practical laser weapon turned out to be more difficult than first imagined. Today, the development of solid-state lasers based on coils of fiber optic cables doped with exotic elements like yttrium have finally moved the laser weapon from the laboratory to the battlefield.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deathray; lasers; noblackseaforyou; raygun
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To: RomanSoldier19
Will it be powered by ship-mounted wind turbines or solar cells?
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:37:17 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: RomanSoldier19
Joe Biden will insist on shipping this item out to Ukraine for the hohos to sell on the black-market....
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:37:53 AM PDT
by
ganeemead
(There is no definition of patriotism that includes stooging or siding with Nazis against Christians.)
To: RomanSoldier19
Laser beams are serious business. So you shouldn’t be posting funny memes about them. Oops. I really should have said frickin laser beams are serious business.
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:39:53 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: RomanSoldier19
Hope it works for defense from anti-ship missiles.
Putin will tell you how vulnerable navy ships are nowadays.
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:42:52 AM PDT
by
ZOOKER
(Until further notice the /s is implied...)
To: RomanSoldier19
The Democrats will supply the Sharks
To: RomanSoldier19
Those things aren't toys, you know.
To: moovova
“Will it be powered by ship-mounted wind turbines or solar cells?”
...who cares? A long as it’s good for the environment!
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:46:47 AM PDT
by
albie
To: Telepathic Intruder
Strap it to the cats head , never thought of that ,LOL
To: RomanSoldier19
The IRS also has put in a bid for a version of this weapon?
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:50:22 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(ObamaFascism:https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: RomanSoldier19
BTW, thats the best “ZOT” photo I have seen in a while!
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:51:09 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(ObamaFascism:https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: moovova
And staffed by correct pronoun seapersons?
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:55:24 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you”)
To: Candor7
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:59:47 AM PDT
by
RomanSoldier19
(Res ad Triarios venit)
To: moovova
Will it be powered by ship-mounted wind turbines or solar cells?
Warships have large power plants by necessity.
Ship based is easier than armored vehicle based.
Aircraft weapons-pod versions are also coming up.
To: RomanSoldier19
To: moovova
Will it be powered by ship-mounted wind turbines or solar cells? I think I remember reading somewhere that it will be powered by refined unicorn farts.
To: moovova
Will it be powered by ship-mounted wind turbines or solar cells?
—
Too awkward. Hamsters and little wheels.
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posted on
08/21/2022 7:08:05 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: GaltAdonis
Great for annoying fast small boats in a certain part of the world.
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posted on
08/21/2022 7:10:09 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: RomanSoldier19
Optical-dazzler
It sounds like something the White House Press Secretary needs.
To: RomanSoldier19
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posted on
08/21/2022 7:20:23 AM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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