From conservativebyte.com:
Video: See the Navy’s Powerful New Laser Gun in Action!
Posted on April 10, 2011 by Conservative Byte
Remember when lasers were relegated to video games and futuristic weapons. Well, the future is here. And it’s not a game.
On Wednesday, the Navy successfully tested its new laser gun by blasting (kind of) a moving target — a smaller boat that eventually caught fire as a result. Foxnews.com reports:
A futuristic laser mounted on a speeding cruiser successfully blasted a bobbing, weaving boat from the waters of the Pacific Ocean — the first test at sea of such a gun and a fresh milestone in the Navy’s quest to reoutfit the fleet with a host of laser weapons, the Navy announced Friday. [...]
The test occurred Wednesday near San Nicholas Island, off the coast of Central California in the Pacific Ocean test range, from a laser gun mounted onto the deck of the Navy’s self-defense test ship, former USS Paul Foster.
In a video of the event, the small boat can be seen catching fire and ultimately bursting into flames, a conflagration caused by the navy’s distant gun. Some details of the event were classified, including the exact range of the shot … .
Video: See the Navy’s Powerful New Laser Gun in Action!
Posted on April 10, 2011 by Conservative Byte
Remember when lasers were relegated to video games and futuristic weapons. Well, the future is here. And it’s not a game.
On Wednesday, the Navy successfully tested its new laser gun by blasting (kind of) a moving target — a smaller boat that eventually caught fire as a result. Foxnews.com reports:
A futuristic laser mounted on a speeding cruiser successfully blasted a bobbing, weaving boat from the waters of the Pacific Ocean — the first test at sea of such a gun and a fresh milestone in the Navy’s quest to reoutfit the fleet with a host of laser weapons, the Navy announced Friday. [...]
The test occurred Wednesday near San Nicholas Island, off the coast of Central California in the Pacific Ocean test range, from a laser gun mounted onto the deck of the Navy’s self-defense test ship, former USS Paul Foster.
In a video of the event, the small boat can be seen catching fire and ultimately bursting into flames, a conflagration caused by the navy’s distant gun. Some details of the event were classified, including the exact range of the shot … .
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