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.

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Yeah this is what we need… More weapons to kill eachother.
Aug 15, 2023 at 4:05pmWeb
Show threadBombOmOmAug 15, 2023
Lasers like this are mostly useful as defensive weapons. They are good at shooting incoming artillery shells, missiles, and small drones. They don’t have the range to be an effective offensive weapon. Kinetic effectors dominate there.