Top Naval Officer: Expect To See Lasers On Ships Within 2 Years (23)
factsrknown: http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/10/23/top-naval-officer-expect-to-see-lasers-on-ships-within-2-years/
Klunder added that tests have been “very successful,” telling Wired that lasers were recently able to shoot down drones.
Klunder added that tests have been “very successful,” telling Wired that lasers were recently able to shoot down drones.
Is that idea then, to shoot down your own drones
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zmountainman: Is that idea then, to shoot down your own drones
I think it's saying drone are small, quick at maneuvers, and hard to shoot down. Saying how much better the laser will be over todays guns.
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factsrknown: I think it's saying drone are small, quick at maneuvers, and hard to shoot down. Saying how much better the laser will be over todays guns.
I don't doubt what you're saying but correct me if I'm wrong, drones are quite slow compared to say a missile & that I would have thought would be the weapon most likely used against a ship, either that or a torpedo & I don't think lasers perform too well in water. It all sounds a bit star wars to me & I was given to understand that didn't work due to even the small number of particles found in space deflecting the beam over anything but a short distance. I also don't recall anything managing to hit a ship following the development of the Gatling gun.
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zmountainman: I don't doubt what you're saying but correct me if I'm wrong, drones are quite slow compared to say a missile & that I would have thought would be the weapon most likely used against a ship, either that or a torpedo & I don't think lasers perform too well in water. It all sounds a bit star wars to me & I was given to understand that didn't work due to even the small number of particles found in space deflecting the beam over anything but a short distance. I also don't recall anything managing to hit a ship following the development of the Gatling gun.
The airforce had a laser on a plane that shot down missles years ago. Power for a high power laser on a plane was a big problem, and so only had a few shots at best. Ships have power to spare.
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Excellent news! My dentist wasn't lying when saying id need large lazer guns mounted on ships to take the plaque off my teeth and only two more years to wait!Yipee! Still its two full years away,may need to stick a cruise missle on there aswell to take the outer crust off first just to get fair glimplse of my pearly yellows before real job begins with the Laser guns
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factsrknown: The airforce had a laser on a plane that shot down missles years ago. Power for a high power laser on a plane was a big problem, and so only had a few shots at best. Ships have power to spare.
I'd not heard anything about that but if that's the case why is taking so long to put it on a ship? I'm always weary of arms manufactures, history tells us they are not above lobbying politicians & the military into ordering weapons at huge expense to counter a threat that doesn't exist, you may recall an example of this was way back in the cold war when a mig pilot defected complete with plane, on inspecting the plane they found that all the tec they'd been told was in it didn't exist, yet the American tax payer had forked out millions on weapons development to counter this non existent threat.
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zmountainman: Is that idea then, to shoot down your own drones
We have target drones that we use. If it will bring a drone down....it will bring down a hostile vehicle.
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Some may not know this, but this is hardly 'new' technology.
The Third Reich tested a successful directed energy weapon in 1944. For some reason it was not used operationally.
The Third Reich tested a successful directed energy weapon in 1944. For some reason it was not used operationally.
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raphael111: ROMNEY seems to think bayonets are better!
If you are a grunt who has real-world experience . . . YES.
Australians always assault with fixed bayonets, because it is SOP to bayonet all enemy on the ground and, sooner or later, it gets down to two grunts being so close that they can smell each other.
We have also found that bayonets put the fear of God into most enemies.
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raphael111: ROMNEY seems to think bayonets are better!
Actually the most deadly weapon on the battlefield to this day is still a well aimed bullet.
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TTom50: We have target drones that we use. If it will bring a drone down....it will bring down a hostile vehicle.
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Great news. These ships will be able to ascertain the price of a tin of peaches. 
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sirLarryIII: Excellent news! My dentist wasn't lying when saying id need large lazer guns mounted on ships to take the plaque off my teeth and only two more years to wait!Yipee! Still its two full years away,may need to stick a cruise missle on there aswell to take the outer crust off first just to get fair glimplse of my pearly yellows before real job begins with the Laser guns
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factsrknown: Planes and missiles are a big problem for slow moving ships.
Yes but the post said " We have target drones that we use. If it will bring a drone down....it will bring down a hostile vehicle."
I was asking if any "vehicles" have ever attacked a ship.
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zmountainman: Yes but the post said " We have target drones that we use. If it will bring a drone down....it will bring down a hostile vehicle."
I was asking if any "vehicles" have ever attacked a ship.
I was asking if any "vehicles" have ever attacked a ship.
What kind of "vehicles" are you talking about?
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factsrknown: What kind of "vehicles" are you talking about?
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factsrknown: What kind of "vehicles" are you talking about?
I don't know, that's what I'm asking, his post just says vehicles, to me that means a car or a truck? So in effect I'm saying how cars or trucks have ever attacked a ship?
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Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, chief of the Office of Naval Research, tells Wired that they have pushed up the timetable from four years to two to install laser weapons on board ships.
“We’re well past physics,” Klunder told the magazine. “We’re just going through the integration efforts. Hopefully, that tells you we’re well mature, and we’re ready to put these on naval ships.”
Klunder added that tests have been “very successful,” telling Wired that lasers were recently able to shoot down drones.