I am unreasonably excited about the fact that laser weapons are real now, yet disappointed they are not used against hostile aliens.
this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2024
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Considering the use of drones in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, this seems like the next step in anti-air defense systems.
Any laser is a drone-destroying laser if you throw it hard enough
The Tech Ingredients YouTube channel just managed to make one of these, so surely there ought to be effective ones for military applications by now
The article isn't clear on the max range, but the tests seem to have been done at ~1 km, that's doesn't seem viable for military applications.
Depends on the purpose. If it’s to take out suicide drones attacking vehicles, 1km gives it a good amount of lead time to track and fire at incoming drones. For longer range surveillance drones, probably not as effective
No, I merely meant that if two dudes can build a working example in a garage, there’s no way that there aren’t some really beefy ones in an MoD weapons lab somewhere