Friday, April 17, 2015

The US Navy Is Developing Lasers To Be Mounted On Light Vehicles



Daily Mail: The jeep that can down a drone: US Navy reveals anti-UAV weapon that can fire lasers from a moving vehicle

* Designed for use on light tactical vehicles such as the Humvee
* Initial trials with low power lasers have already taken place
* The 30kW system is expected to be ready for field testing in 2016

Enemy drones have become a major threat on the battlefield, and the UU Navy hopes a roof mounted laser could be the answer.

Its Ground-Based Air Defense Directed Energy On-the-Move program, commonly referred to as GBAD, allowing controllers to simply drive the weapon to a target.

Once drones are spotted, it can them shoot them out of the sky with a high powered laser.

Update: The Navy Wants Anti-Drone Lasers On Trucks -- Popular Science

WNU Editor: What was science fiction only a few years ago is rapidly becoming fact.

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