United States of Earth.Little prototype of laser defence of Earth.

[theguyi26]

This is so beautiful

[tipex12]

Try intercepting a battery of 6 BM-21grad launchers firing 240 rockets in 30s !

[fook626]

assuming this isn't bullshit the armed forces could mount on large airplanes and be able to effectively take out High altitude cruise misses and other airplanes but if it wasn't bull shit they probably would of done that bye now

[DaxOnTheSax]

@fook626 They have played around with it already for that very purpose. Read an article on it last year. As with all these things, the R&D between announcing new tech and actually using it takes ages.

PS sorry to correct you, but FYI, there's no 'e' in by in that context.

Peace.

[bricmpt]

@DaxOnTheSax

From what I understand, that R&D-to-operational-status barrier was eliminated. Bush Jr. authorized use of prototype weapon systems (formerly required to be tested extensively).  Iraq has been used as a test bed. My guess is that Afghanistan is the same. It happens much faster now that testing is done on live humans.

[boinkboink1968]

OK, this is a military commercial touting the capacities of the THEL (Tactical High Energy Laser) .

These require special chemicals that are noxious. Good for experiments but not for practical purposes.

Chemically pumped lasers are not useful on the battlefield.

[DaxOnTheSax]

@boinkboink1968 The THEL uses glass structures to create this beam and is totally different to chemical laser systems. It's not quite as high powered as the chem ones, but safer and more portable.

Peace.

[01creativenamehere10]

in 10 years we'll have a fully operational death star :)

[Dominik520520]

and it will stand on a pillar in wisconsin

[echtnikskan]

@01creativenamehere10 lol

[matrix49A]

@01creativenamehere10 Great Let's make mexico the testing ground say .3% full power at first. Really refry there beans.;

[elanonimazo]

@01creativenamehere10 WELL YOUR CoUNTRy is the dark side empire, what more could we be waiting for?

[TheUnNerved]

@elanonimazo Except our storm troopers CAN hit the broad side of a barn...

[tipex12]

noticed they did not fire the mortars in one salvo

[chrismealer]

fake... sorry, just follow any of the links to see for yourself. Nice try though.

[Littlemanto]

@chrismealer its real, its very real, its even on top of modern military aircrafts

[cameleopard42]

What is this from?

[Ultrasecond]

This tech would drastically help our South Korean buddies defend Seoul in the event of a North Korean artillery attack. I hope we plan on lining Seoul with a completed version of this tech.

[UFCextra]

That is just something once of science fiction movies