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US Army Kills Artillery Shell With Laser; Helloo Starwars; |
Posted on Tuesday, November 05 @ 18:19:25 UTC by just_dave
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 — The U.S. Army used a high-energy laser to shoot down an artillery shell in flight Tuesday in a defense industry breakthrough, the Army and the manufacturer said....
I wonder how many megawatts that took? Gigawatts? What is the power supply? What is the duration of the laser? What if it hits something it's not supposed to?? Story in extended text.

They fux0red the link, but I found it;
http://www.trw.com/image/gallery/0,1242,2_12^2^12^25,FF.html#
THE ARMY and TRW, which developed the weapon, said in a joint statement that the laser tracked, locked onto and fired a burst of concentrated light energy at the speeding shell over the White Sands test range in New Mexico.
“Seconds later, at a point well short of its intended destination, the projectile was destroyed,” the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command said.
The Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser is being developed by TRW for the Army and the Israeli Defense Ministry. Lasers have been used in past tests at the range to shoot down slower Katyusha Rockets similar to those fired at Israel by militant guerrilla groups in neighboring Lebanon.
“This shootdown shifts the paradigm for defensive capabilities. We’ve shown that even an artillery projectile hurtling through the air at supersonic speed is no match for a laser,” said Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Cosumano, head of the missile defense command.
“Tactical high-energy lasers have the capacity to change the face of the battlefield,” he added.
The laser was fired from a static test bed in a carefully controlled test, but TRW officials said they looked forward to producing a truly mobile version as the program progressed.
Tuesday’s test — the first time a laser had shot down an artillery shell — was part of a new series to determine the system’s requirements and demonstrate its capabilities against a wide range of airborne targets.
In earlier tests in 2000 and 2001, the test bed focused on the threat of artillery rockets and shot down 25 Katyushas fired singly and in salvos.
The U.S. military has shot down dummy intercontinental missile warheads in tests both inside and outside the atmosphere using projectile weapons, and is also examining the possible use of long-range lasers to burn up such warheads in flight.
stolen from Reuters
http://msnbc.com/news/831012.asp?0cl=cR
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Re: US Army Kills Artillery Shell With Laser; Hello Starwars! (Score: 1) by forumwhore on Tuesday, November 05 @ 21:02:19 UTC (User Info | Send a Message) http://www.kevinbreak.com | Oh shaddup, I think the step after Gig is Terrawatts. I think. I really meant the question, how *many times can that thing work in succession? If it can only shoot 3 missles/minute, send 4 then. See? |
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Re: US Army Kills Artillery Shell With Laser; Hello Starwars! (Score: 1) by Beldurin on Wednesday, November 06 @ 19:05:03 UTC (User Info | Send a Message) http://www.packethell.com | I realize that after giga is tera, then it's peta...I was trying to make a Back to the Future reference |
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