frickin' laser beams - US Navy version!

[PepperElf]

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/04/...ships-in-2014/

This is somewhat interesting to me, because my first ship was conceptualized with lasers at one point. Over 20 years ago. (They had a painting of her onboard the ship firing off lasers from where the 5-inch guns are mounted.)


but it looks like lasers are back. interesting.

[sms001]

Very interesting, and very cool! Bet you liked the little dig they got in on the Air Force too.

[PepperElf]

ooo? i missed that part.

*goes back to see*
eh, no... that'd be too cruel to dig on them over.

now bashing the army for sucking at football, sure.
but picking on them for failed/scrapped projects not so much. cos we're all on the same team when it comes to operations.

[fireheart]

So no sharks with frickin laser beams then?

[csquared]

I have been following this story along with the railgun. Maybe we will get those flying cars yet.

I like the part about $1.00 to fire it, but $32,000,000.00 to make it. Not a very good ROI. However, when you add in the number of lives it could save...

[sms001]

Maybe we will get those flying cars yet.

I like the part about $1.00 to fire it, but $32,000,000.00 to make it. Not a very good ROI.

lol. I want to see a LOT more ability from people driving in two dimensions before we branch out to three.

As for the ROI, a Tomahawk is about 600K, and even the railgun load is estimated at around 1k (payload and power), so making up 32M might not take that long. (I know, I know, different objectives.)

[Jay 2K Winger]

lol. I want to see a LOT more ability from people driving in two dimensions before we branch out to three.

Seriously. Last thing I want is three-dimensional gridlock.