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  • Hardrock69
    DIAMOND STATUS
    • Feb 2005
    • 21838

    Laser used to shoots down planes



    Laser used to shoots down planes
    Laser beams have been used for the first time in naval warfare to shoot down aircraft, it can be disclosed.

    The weapon, mounted on a warship’s missile, shot down four unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in secret testing carried out off the California coast, The Daily Telegraph has learnt.

    In a joint enterprise between US Navy and Raytheon Missile Systems the technology has now got to the stage where lasers will be deployed on warships as part of their short-range defence.

    For the first time a ‘solid state’ 32 mega watt laser beam of directed energy has been fired from a warship to a distance of more than two miles burning into a drone travelling at about 300mph.

    The laser is mounted on a Phalanx close in weapons system that has a radar detection system. The targeting system was used in Iraq, to train fire from a Gatling onto rockets and mortars raining down on British bases.

    Raytheon developed the system after buying six off-the-shelf commercial lasers from the car industry and joining them to make a single, powerful beam guided by the Phalanx’s radars. Unlike other tests which have been conducted on aircraft it uses a solid state laser rather than a chemical generated beam.

    Mike Booen, vice president of Directed Energy Weapons at Raytheon, said the tests off San Nicolas Island were “a great day for the laser”.

    “This is more real than Star Wars,” he said, speaking at the Farnborough Air Show. “Our lasers destroyed the UAVs lighting them on fire.

    “This is the first successful shoot down over water. We are now on the path to deliver the first battlefield lasers integrated into real weapons systems.

    With drones being used more frequently to spy on or attack fleets in future warfare it is necessary to make defences against them.

    The laser system, which is mostly situated under the deck, fires an invisible beam that is only seen when it strikes an intruder. The system is also being developed to tackle small boats and potentially anti-ship missiles and will be ready for full military development by 2016.

    “This will proceed to production because it is solving real problem,” Mr Booen said.

    Raytheon have steadily been developing laser technology for several years developing a land system that can shoot down mortar rounds.
  • Diamondjimi
    DIAMOND STATUS
    • May 2004
    • 12086

    #2
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    Trolls take heed...LOG OUT & FUCK OFF!!!

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    • chefcraig
      DIAMOND STATUS
      • Apr 2004
      • 12172

      #3









      “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
      ― Stephen Hawking

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      • Blaze
        Full Member Status

        • Jan 2009
        • 4371

        #4
        Fun with WASPs have a whole new meaning now
        ehehehehe
        "I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. - Some come from ahead and some come from behind. - But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. - Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!" ~ Dr. Seuss
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        • Blaze
          Full Member Status

          • Jan 2009
          • 4371

          #5
          Originally posted by Blaze
          Follow along...

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          Of course this is just for pretend it would be wrong to kill yellow jackets stealthy.

          Zooooom~
          "I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. - Some come from ahead and some come from behind. - But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. - Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!" ~ Dr. Seuss
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          • PETE'S BROTHER
            DIAMOND STATUS
            • Feb 2007
            • 12678

            #6
            frickin' sharks with frickin' lasers
            Another one of those classic genius posts, sure to generate responses. You log on the next day to see what your witty gem has produced to find no one gets it and 2 knotheads want to stick their dicks in it... Well played, sir!!

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            • chefcraig
              DIAMOND STATUS
              • Apr 2004
              • 12172

              #7
              Originally posted by PETE'S BROTHER
              frickin' sharks with frickin' lasers














              “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
              ― Stephen Hawking

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              • Seshmeister
                ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

                • Oct 2003
                • 35160

                #8
                Does this laser make a peeeow peeeeow sound and is it a bright neon color?

                Otherwise who cares?

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                • Nitro Express
                  DIAMOND STATUS
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 32797

                  #9
                  That being said, the US military is heavily dependant on the global positioning system. A system that is aging and modernization of it is falling years behind schedual due to contractor disputes. The sort of thing that happens when the military becomes a money making machine more than a defense machine. It's more about contracts and money now that doing anything that is really needed.
                  No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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                  • Hardrock69
                    DIAMOND STATUS
                    • Feb 2005
                    • 21838

                    #10
                    Heh....it began to be that way back in the late 50s when the Military Industrial Complex pretty much took control over our military.

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