Navy says laser warfare is operational

[madwabbit]

Costs 59 cents per shot as opposed to torpedos/missiles/etc, and can be fired so long as ship has power. Welcome to the future gents! pew pew pew

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...or-combat-blows-up-a-boat-a-small-plane-video




I'm anxiously awaiting my edc laser pistol.

 

[kingfhb]

I'm anxiously awaiting my edc laser pistol.

you'll never see a rifle much less a pistol, or they will keep them restricted or priced out of reach. Could you imagine the ramifications of such a weapon in hand-held form? Not to mention there would be no investigation if someone shot someone else. What ballistics would they have? No casings, no residue, etc.

You'd find people all over the place with just large cauterized holes through their head or torso. Think about someone's ability to assassinate anyone they wanted and have no traces as to where the shot came from... especially if it's infra red! haha.

It couldn't be regulated properly... so it will never happen. Besides, lasers are regulated by the FDA, so do they have to share that responsibility with the ATF? Or would the ATF even be involved considering the weapon doesn't actually FIRE a projectile and isn't a "firearm".

Too much to even wrap around. (Not that I wouldn't want one!!)

 

[madwabbit]

you'll never see a rifle much less a pistol, or they will keep them restricted or priced out of reach. Could you imagine the ramifications of such a weapon in hand-held form? Not to mention there would be no investigation if someone shot someone else. What ballistics would they have? No casings, no residue, etc.

You'd find people all over the place with just large cauterized holes through their head or torso. Think about someone's ability to assassinate anyone they wanted and have no traces as to where the shot came from... especially if it's infra red! haha.

It couldn't be regulated properly... so it will never happen. Besides, lasers are regulated by the FDA, so do they have to share that responsibility with the ATF? Or would the ATF even be involved considering the weapon doesn't actually FIRE a projectile and isn't a "firearm".

Too much to even wrap around. (Not that I wouldn't want one!!)

I'll bet its miniaturized for military use in my lifetime.

 

[kingfhb]

I'll bet its miniaturized for military use in my lifetime.

Small enough for a pistol? That may be a reach. The power requirements would have the individual wearing a 1000lb backpack. MAYBE a rifle... But still... lugging around the power needed to produce the beam and intensity of the beam would be horrible! Either that or bring some LONG extension cords! haha...

Maybe we will see some Tesla science incorporated... some wireless electrical stations that could power the units in the field. I mean, we can't have devices now that can run longer than a couple of hours powering an LED screen... think of the power that would be needed to produce a laser concentrated enough to cause actual damage. Then think of either scrapping the battery or charging it just to fire another shot.

It's definitely hurdles... but I think the power is the main one. Fitting it into a handheld, shoulder mounted or rifle shouldn't be that difficult.

Definitely interesting though.

 

[Bigpappa]

What dreams are made of!

 

[Craig8sm]

My old girl USS Ponce (LPD-15) still blazing trails. They keep trying to decommission her but she isn’t going quietly. We were a SOF platform in the days leading up to the Gulf War, I hear she still continues that role but now is a ops platform for experimental weapons, (Was the first to launch and land drones now Lasers..) If only I was 20 years younger.

 

[dixiejarhead]

super capacitor tesla tech and we may see a backpack rifle...

 

[TecheTitan]

Now where are the sharks with laser beams on their head?

 

[Charles1959]

This is the coolest weapon around, until someone else has one. Won't be so cool then. You can bet China and Russia are bustin-ass trying to keep up with this technology and sooner or later they will have it. No residue, no ballistics, no sound, no trace. The battlefield is about to become exponentially more dangerous.

 

[JadeRaven]

I'm anxiously awaiting my edc laser pistol.

Can't wait!!

 

[JadeRaven]

you'll never see a rifle much less a pistol, or they will keep them restricted or priced out of reach. Could you imagine the ramifications of such a weapon in hand-held form? Not to mention there would be no investigation if someone shot someone else. What ballistics would they have? No casings, no residue, etc.

You'd find people all over the place with just large cauterized holes through their head or torso. Think about someone's ability to assassinate anyone they wanted and have no traces as to where the shot came from... especially if it's infra red! haha.

It couldn't be regulated properly... so it will never happen. Besides, lasers are regulated by the FDA, so do they have to share that responsibility with the ATF? Or would the ATF even be involved considering the weapon doesn't actually FIRE a projectile and isn't a "firearm".

Too much to even wrap around. (Not that I wouldn't want one!!)

Whut? So people will start murdering each other because they have lasers?

"Arms" is "arms." One day it'll happen.

 

[kingfhb]

Arms IS arms? -- I'm just saying it will be a whole new world of regulations, monitoring, etc. There would be no evidence to pin any crime committed with them to anyone... Shooting a lock off a door, arson, murder, terrorism, etc... Anything that could be done with a match, bullet, anything with no one to tie it to. I didn't say it wouldn't happen in general... Just for civilians. You may see it on the news... But you'll never have one.


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[DBMJR1]

OK I don't get this. Aren't lasers LOS, (line of sight), and doesn't artillery go much further than that? Seems to me that 16" guns trump lasers.

 

[Gus McCrae]

I'm waiting on my phased plasma rifle in a 40 watt range.

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