Saturday, November 13, 2010

The Navy's Free Electron Laser System Will Be More Than Just A Death Ray

The Navy Wants a Multipurpose Laser to Eliminate Threats at Sea U.S. Navy

From Popular Science:

The Navy has been seeking its “Holy Grail” free electron laser (FEL) weapon for a while now, but it would rather you think of it more as a multipurpose laser platform than a death ray. While the Navy’s ship-borne FEL, currently under development at Boeing, will certainly be used to knock incoming threats out of the sky, naval officers really want a platform that can also be used for tracking, communications, target designation, disruption, time-of-flight location, and a variety of other tasks.

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