Recent video work of the US Navy combat laser

On Wednesday, the Office of Naval Research reported that the experimental laser weapons allowed for landing transport ship USS Ponce in the Persian Gulf. System LAWS, in question is part of a research program with a budget of $ 40 million. This is the first use of a laser cannon on a ship.

Armament tested in September and already well described in the "Giktaymse» . The news is interesting because it was published a new video work Laser Weapon System .

Permission to use means that the threat of the ship and his team tested the laser will be used for the attack. In the video above you can see how this pattern of directed energy weapons damage the structure of boats and unmanned aerial vehicle.

It is noticeable that for gun control operators use something like a game controller. The range of the laser gun - about mile (≈1, 6 km). Apparently, the test was carried out at a power of 10 kW, but by 2016 планируется conduct tests in operation at 30 kW.

Of course, this is not the weapon of science fiction, so the beam energy can not be seen. Every shot обходится about 59 cents. Ray is not afraid of the wind and high humidity levels. Damage can range from lethal glare to failure.

This type of weapons designed to destroy small ships and boats, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles. The rules specifically stated that LAWS should not be used against the person. In general, the development of these rules year left .

Source: geektimes.ru/post/242839/