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Lasers Could Soon Power U.S. Military Bases—And Not Even Jamming Could Stop It::We spoke to the project manager for DARPA’s POWER program, who explains how the wireless energy transfer technology will work.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

and not even jamming could stop it, but clouds could

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weather control device detected

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
WARNING: Chronosphere activated!
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Our base is under attack

Unit lost

Low power

Unit lost

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unit Ready
Unit Ready
Unit Ready

Construction complete

[–] SkybreakerEngineer 4 points 1 year ago

You must construct additional pylons

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Or anything reflective. Throw some strips of tinfoil at it (that's just chaff WW2 style) and it not only disrupts power it has a good chance of blinding a few of the troops on the ground too.

[–] assassinatedbyCIA 1 points 1 year ago