CIWS 50Kw laser shooting down drone aircraft

[AVKtt]

50-year old film?

[zunzun6555]

is like rocket going outerspace.....aircraft is a part of a rocket,,,,

[robotzorro]

But can it stoip Godzilla?

[Jackthesmilingblack]

kW. Kids today: They know less than half of FA.

[airdefendertango]

That laser took 15 seconds of burn time to take the drone out.

If a missile can reliably destroy it in less time, the missile is the more capable weapons system.

[AKAtheA]

@airdefendertango you're on a ship, in the middle of nothing...how long can you defend yourself (or something) with a finite amount of missiles and how long with something that runs on electricity?

[steam4o]

@airdefendertango DARPA is now creating an 150 KW laser ''The goal of DARPA’s High-Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS) is to develop a 150 kilowatt (kW) laser weapon system that is ten times smaller and lighter than current lasers of similar power, enabling integration onto tactical aircraft to defend against and defeat ground threats. '' so it's not long until we are fighting with lasers

[635574]

@airdefendertango have you seen infinite supply or reusable missiles?

[Nick23Sutton]

@airdefendertango granted more capable, but a SAM missile is around 38,000 dollars a unit. I'm sure the laser is cheaper to run than 38,000 dollars per shot

[subfixerlee]

Cool! Finally somebody has come up with a death ray.

[ferret630]

I WENT TO A RAVE IN 1992 WITH A LASER LIKE THAT is was WICKED !! yes yes

[zac856314]

i need one of these. i hate those annying planes that come over my house on a nice summer day

[sitwosaints]

Appears to be coming for you for a couple of secs!

[BeamRider100]

It's 100kW for Solid state lasers now.

[AHickenUK]

The ultimate fly-zapper

[iphonekiller16]

parallel Laser Diodes ??

[FluggleBubble]

check the newscientist video. its real. stop shouting fake when you have no evidence and no knowledge on military warfare

[338lapsniper]

I would rather be shot down with a missile, that would suck for your aircraft to be turned into an instant pressure cooker.

[CraniumOnEmpty]

So does that mean we have to make planes out of reflective material?

[dootu]

All we need to do now is mount one of those on a Honda Asimo, link it into a satellite system(let's call it Skynet). Then we can finally stop fighting with each other and start killing all the vacuum cleaners in the world in case they turn on us :P

[jbrooks1111]

That is what happens when Chuck Norris stares at an aircraft

[baovocreative]

It's 2010, don't they have better video cameras than this? My cel phone takes better footage.

[pittasboii]

you sure 50 kw they sell 500 kw lasers on some sites so why would this be 50 kw ?

[snackpeelskin]

I love how douche the human race is.

using technology to kill eatch other istead of using it to improve our life and comfort.

Doctor Zaius was right about us, fuck mankind.

[DiogoE6]

uugh so old news, this tech's been around since the 50's -_-

[415martinez]

its fake cuz it didnt splash when it lande in the water

[LuuKen]

imma firin mah lazer!!

[danrichards23]

im not saying if this is real or not but it actually looks like somethings spewing out like burning fuel then it catches fire and crashes.

[mastergradeone]

its Chuck Norris just looking at the sky

[erickcarcamo1]

i mean i see a splash but its so minimal

[erickcarcamo1]

how big is a drone? why isnt there a splash when it goes into the water

[s1evin7]

So this is what the government invests in during an economical and ecological crisis. I guess war really never changes...

[cassiesiwatching]

Easy for to get away from if you knew it was there. But yes, add this laser to my xmas list.

[CursedSand]

Pew Pew Pew!!!

[jesman1985]

MIND BULLETS!!!!

[ryanyomomma]

@jesman1985 That's telekineses Kyle!

[jesman1985]

@ryanyomomma *bro five*

[Mattyew]

it's not really "unlimited ammo" since it requires sooooo much energy. gotta get it form somewhere.

[bonlu123]

@Mattyew It's installed in aircraft carrier with Nuclear Reactor so it pretty much has unlimited power.

[TheDanielKitchens]

It's real!

[Meowhammad]

Can't wait for my own Phaser! :D

[bigdsears]

This is Atari

[misterzeerow]

pffff... i can do the same with my cock.

[JDzPiT]

@misterzeerow That sounds painful...

[podmokly]

@JDzPiT im just sayin there is alot of fake videos out there, and i just cant belive anymore.

[JDzPiT]

@podmokly - True- but this laser is absolutely real.. US have developed this laser over the last few years.

[dankusking]

Z0mg Lazerzzz Pew PEW!!!!!

[aluzey]

LIGHTSABERS!

[123121s1]

indeed its fake

[jessejax]

Yeah... not a very good weapon though i must say. Armor for it is available everywhere, it stops any laser, no matter the power, right in its tracks. You could even use this special armor on planes, or ships or anything. Its called 'mylar', hahahahha. Laser weapon technology will never be a threat.

[JDzPiT]

@Shawntehnub Developed by US firm Raytheon, the CIWS fires a solid-state laser that produces a 50 kilowatt beam Raytheon Missile Systems vice president Mike Booen told the BBC that the system is already installed in many US and NATO ships, linked to the US Navy Phalanx anti-missile system.

“We actually shot down four of four operational UAVs," Mr Booen said.

[firejack007]

@JDzPiT Point of clarification. I believe Mike Booen was referring to the CWIS Phalanx multi-gun 30mm system is already installed on many ships, NOT any with the lasers.

[Docs209]

looks like an old Flash Gordon out take.

[Mewi987]

you guys belive in everything the media tells you? brainwashed people.... shepple..... :)

[JDzPiT]

@Mewi987 :) Not all of it just some of it.. This laser is the real deal...

[TheAnthonyFive]

@JDzPiT I was on an Aircraft carrier, USS Harry S. Truman, for about 3 years, the new CWIS shoots about 4000+ rounds per minute. But sadly it still doesn't have lasers, I've watched it shoot before. You can change your title now.

[GongKilluminati]

@JDzPiT He probably thinks the moon landing was shot in Hollywood.

[Alexrose12345678910]

@Mewi987 I'M SO CLEVER; I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING I READ, EVERYTHING IN NEWSCIENTIST IS A CONSPIRACY TO COVER UP NUCLEAR WARHEADS. I KNOW MORE THAN ALL THE PHD GRADUATES, AND THIS CLEARLY ISN'T POSSIBLE WITH LASERS. YOU MEDIA FOLLOWING, PEER PRESSURED SHEEP.

Some people are just too stupid to be allowed an opinion.

[yettii0077]

@Alexrose12345678910 really i can kill bees and pop balloons with a tiny hand held laser so why cant a laser the size of a truck on a ship heat up a fuel tank on a jet and make it explode Mr Einstein?

[Alexrose12345678910]

@yettii0077 Are you retarded? Even from the context and style of the comment you should've known it was irony, but you couldn't tell even with the allcaps?

[yettii0077]

@Alexrose12345678910 i think this reply was ment for the mewi987 person and not for you i clicked the post button before making sure i replied to the right post. because i was reading his comments and saw the @mwei987 and hit reply

[GongKilluminati]

@Alexrose12345678910 Obviously this laser is faked, and the moon landing was shot in hollywood, and Michael Jackson isn't dead.

[Trollingwithmyhomies]

@Mewi987 shut the fuck up nigger gonna spam thumbs down/flag your comments now :)

[liamwazhere]

ITS REAL news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-100­04204.html?part=rss&subj=news&­tag=2547-1_3-0-20

[podmokly]

wow if this is so real how come it only has so little views, when videos of people being stupid have 5,000,000 views?

[AlexYenom305]

@podmokly Oh, so something isn't real unless it has 5,000,000 views right? Don't you know that the other "real 5 million+ views" videos had to start somewhere? They had 8,000 views at one point too.

[podmokly]

@AlexYenom305 are you new or what? there is a bunch of these videos online of ufo's, laser beams taking down aircrafts, ive seen so many videos of this crap that its just not real anymore.

[AlexYenom305]

@podmokly google "Raytheon's killer laser" and look at how much reliable links pop out. Its even on new.cnet

[firejack007]

@podmokly stupid people of YT watching each other 5,000,000 times.

[BurningZa]

The hardest part of the technology is still in development - To make it look like a laser from Star Wars.

[thadude1337]

deathlaser!!!!!!!!!

[ganaschico]

the have a dam laser burning a plane yet they dont use a decent camera FAKE!!!

[JDzPiT]

@ganaschico Looks pretty real to me. 

[kasotheman]

@ganaschico ofc they won't use video filmed with HQ camera for public.I'm sure there is official US Navy video filmed with HQ cam but it's in their interest to keep that video for themselves.

[ibitoshi]

Where is the Pew Pew?

[815oceanic815]

That definitely wasn't a Stormtrooper that shot that laser, because if he did; he would have been off by a mile.

Nice shot, Tex!!!

[yettii0077]

@815oceanic815 it was spock

[jmckaskle]

AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!

[chuckbear]

HOLY SHIT THAT IS AWESOME, Next Stop, Phaser Rifles!!

[00Aliengamer00]

IMMA FIRIN MAH LAZER