Thursday, March 18, 2010

Air Force Calls For Airborne Electric Lasers That Can Target Land and Air

Laser Fight in the Sky I'll get you, Joes! DARPA

From Popular Science:

The challenge is packing the power of a chemical laser into an electric laser's smaller, more portable package.

Skyborne chemical lasers have successfully shown off their potential killing power, and so the Air Force has now turned toward putting a more compact electric laser aboard its aircraft, Aviation Week'sAres Defense Blog reports.

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My Comment: I still have trouble seeing any real practical applications for this technology. But with Darpa .... I guess the journey of discovery is what they are focusing on.

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