US Navy plans to equip ships with laser cannons

Heard this in the news today:
http://www.3news.co.nz/US-Navy-laser-a-game-changer/tabid/313/articleID/293617/Default.aspx

Pewpew!

If it fries eggs, gotta get me one of these too!

I heard Iran just ordered lots of Bacofoil.

Just wait until they add lasers to some of these!

[video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=orYUSq5Mt5Q]

Great invention, one slight flaw……

It only works when its not raining or foggy :slight_smile:

Never mind, I would still like one to play with! (It never rains here or is foggy……)

its cheaper then a shot at the bar

on my dashboard for people that sit in the passing lane 0:)

Egads…kinda creepy watching them work.

I thought the US Navy is going to use the Railgun technology (I’m not sure if it’s still in the developmental stage today). I saw the experiments on YT. Well, I guess cost-effectiveness matters the most.

Appropriations count the most.

They are continuing to pursue both technologies as they have different mission objectives. It looks like the LaWS is a point-defense system against air targets - currently drones but I am sure they are continuing to work on an anti-missile laser system to replace Phalanx CIWS. It will also be great against small surface craft. The electromagnetic railgun will be a medium-range anti-ship and land attack weapon system. For long-range over-the-horizon attack they will continue to have Tomahawk for land attack and Harpoon for anti-ship.

my harnessed dogs make that thing look silly 8)

and reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally slow

I’m sure your dogs are quieter too.

will they be using sharks with fricken laser beams?

:bigsmile: I wasn’t sure which would look creepier, the mules or “petman”:

petman is much creepier

and so is this

Jellyfish?!

I think Geminoid F needs some lasers too, in case someone gets the wrong idea:

i believe they could only source ill tempered sea bass

They use jellyfish because of the efficiency at which jellyfish swim. Higher efficiency -> longer times between maintenance, more power for other equipment, etc.