L4sBotAug 15, 2023

Lockheed Martin plans to make its most powerful military laser yet, 500 kilowatts

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Lockheed Martin plans to make its most powerful military laser yet, 500 kilowatts - Lemmy.world

Lockheed Martin plans to make its most powerful military laser yet, 500 kilowatts::The planned laser will be in the 500-kilowatt range. Weapons like these can defend a ship or base against drones or other projectiles.

Show threadWhiskey PickleAug 15, 2023
for those wondering, the (fictional) laser in the film Real Genius that could vaporize a human target from space was 9.4 megawatts.
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For anyone wondering, it would take 128.7 Real Genius laser beam blasts worth of energy to make one time travel jump in Back to the Future’s Delorean.
Aug 15, 2023 at 2:49pmWeb
Show threadWhiskey PickleAug 15, 2023
Great Scott!