DragonFire laser to be fitted to Royal Navy ships after acing drone-zapping trials
Too big to put on a giant mecha or in a truck, but it looks like a pretty good point-defence system for our more sensitive residenes (such as Forest Hold or The Hangar) or a ballistic-missile submarine (when cruising on the surface). Mind you, actually using it announces to the world that the facility is armed.
Quote:It uses Coherent Beam Combining (CBC) technology to merge multiple beams into a single high-power beam, and is claimed to be able to hit a target the size of a £1 coin (similar diameter to a US quarter) from a kilometer (about half a mile) away, while taking down drones at a distance of more than three miles.(Parenthetical notes were in the original.)
Too big to put on a giant mecha or in a truck, but it looks like a pretty good point-defence system for our more sensitive residenes (such as Forest Hold or The Hangar) or a ballistic-missile submarine (when cruising on the surface). Mind you, actually using it announces to the world that the facility is armed.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
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Boycotting all products from the USA as long as that country's leader continues to threaten to annex my native country.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Boycotting all products from the USA as long as that country's leader continues to threaten to annex my native country.
Government of Canada: How to immigrate to Canada
Government of Canada: Claiming refugee protection (asylum) from within Canada