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Am I the only one that finds this hard to believe?
Cool technology, but only useful for close range targets.
It'll never replace the big guns on naval vessels, because it can't attack targets beyond the horizon, due to the straight-line nature of the beam.
A gun fires a shell in an arc that can reach beyond the horizon.
Also, the more hi-tech the weapon, the more chances for it to fail.
As soon as we completely convert over to energy weapons, Aliens are going to attack the planet and they'll have shields that absorb energy weapons. Some scrappy hero is going to find his way into a museum during the attack and defend himself from an Alien trooper with a 1911A1 he breaks out from a WWII display, thus discovering the Aliens one weakness: projectile weaponry. He'll then organize a small rag-tag band of rebels to fight back and spread the word of their discovery to the scattered remnants of the worlds military forces in hiding, who then mount a counter-attack to defeat the high-tech Aliens using ancient Earth firearms. I just know it.
As soon as we completely convert over to energy weapons, Aliens are going to attack the planet and they'll have shields that absorb energy weapons. Some scrappy hero is going to find his way into a museum during the attack and defend himself from an Alien trooper with a 1911A1 he breaks out from a WWII display, thus discovering the Aliens one weakness: projectile weaponry. He'll then organize a small rag-tag band of rebels to fight back and spread the word of their discovery to the scattered remnants of the worlds military forces in hiding, who then mount a counter-attack to defeat the high-tech Aliens using ancient Earth firearms. I just know it.
As soon as we completely convert over to energy weapons, Aliens are going to attack the planet and they'll have shields that absorb energy weapons. Some scrappy hero is going to find his way into a museum during the attack and defend himself from an Alien trooper with a 1911A1 he breaks out from a WWII display, thus discovering the Aliens one weakness: projectile weaponry. He'll then organize a small rag-tag band of rebels to fight back and spread the word of their discovery to the scattered remnants of the worlds military forces in hiding, who then mount a counter-attack to defeat the high-tech Aliens using ancient Earth firearms. I just know it.
All these Laser articles... and no actual video clips of the lasers in action. Whoopdeedoo.
Am I the only one that finds this hard to believe?
All these Laser articles... and no actual video clips of the lasers in action. Whoopdeedoo.
I am thinking about setting up a laser reloading station in my basement. Any advise?
Am I the only one that finds this hard to believe?
They needed an answer to China's hypersonic missiles.
That's what the railgun is for. 30 years from now the 76mm and 5 inch guns will be gone with the railguns in their place, and the CIWS and Sea Sparrows will be replaced by laser point defense systems (but with a much longer reach)
What about these?
JohnnyD: Did they have to waste what looked like a decent boat and two good motors? Couldn't they just use an old wood scow for demonstration purposes?
What about these?
JohnnyD: Did they have to waste what looked like a decent boat and two good motors? Couldn't they just use an old wood scow for demonstration purposes?
Am I the only one that finds this hard to believe?