Researchers atNorthrop Grummanhave just announced that they have a field of honor - quick optical maser . They can now get 100 kilowatts of power into a optical maser , which has long been a barrier .
In arecent closet release , the society announced that they had created the most potent laser ray at 105 kilowatts , pave the way for energy weapons purpose in combat . optical maser themselves have been used in armed combat before , but for the purposes of exact targeting , rather than at once attacking a target .
accord to germ , the 100 kilowatt threshold is the grade at which military grade lasers can be powerful enough to be useful . And the military has mountain of ways in which optical maser can be useful . Wired ’s Danger Room saysBoeing has a contract to outfit a truck with a laser , while Raytheon is go down to plan a trench mortar excreting organization , and there are undoubtedly other system in the works .
Laser systems provide what Northrop Grumman call power scaling , which might very well change a number of way in which armed combat can be undertaken . The theory behind this is that mightiness levels can be adjusted for specific threats – take down an foe zep will have different requisite than attack an enemy combatant . This is for sure something that we have seen in the realm of skill fiction : “ dress for stun ” .
Does this mean that we ’ll see combat military personnel in the Middle East outfitted with light beam guns and laser cannons ? Unlikely , as there is still a lot to be worked out with this technology , such as make it more portable and making sure that it wo n’t overheat , as well as make certain that you do n’t have to supercede the battery every other scene . But , it is a significant step towards that future .
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