Now witnesses the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station.

@Pierluigi_Di_Lorenzo

5 ай бұрын

Does it have its own power plant?

@zakjuly6721

5 ай бұрын

lol Saudi has Chinese lasers in operation protecting oil fields , , one mile is a joke , Chinese lasers hits target 3km away

@xelthiavice4276

5 ай бұрын

eveything you said is BS@@zakjuly6721

@danpearce4547

5 ай бұрын

So less than 2 miles then ​@@zakjuly6721

@danpearce4547

5 ай бұрын

Hebridean battle station

Will it stop a dinghy ⛵️😉

@denniskelly656

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@richardcarlyon241

5 ай бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😊😅😅😮😮

@SCMcDonLon

5 ай бұрын

You're wasted on You tube mate !!!

@nevisstkitts8264

5 ай бұрын

Only if it's operated by Archimedes ...

@florinadrian5174

5 ай бұрын

No, but it might give more jobs to the racists worrying about small boats. Probably not, though, it takes brains to build such hi-tech stuff.

If this is being shown in public, just imagine what the REAL state of the art is.

@gothicpagan.666

5 ай бұрын

Or is it being hyped?

@bobjames6622

5 ай бұрын

@@gothicpagan.666 That's a very valid point. Maybe shareholders want their money back, with dividends, so have forced the hand of the company making it to make it sound better than it is? I don't know, but you raise a very interesting question.

@BonusHole

5 ай бұрын

They are arming British Special Forces with Boltguns and Rad Grenades.

@mattb6542

5 ай бұрын

They probably have one of these on the moon already 🤔

@bobjames6622

5 ай бұрын

@@mattb6542 Nice one! LOL!

I heard they missed the first drone they tested it on but accidentally took out a UFO in transit in the Andromeda galaxy

@markreynolds1436

5 ай бұрын

Or will do in about 2.6 million years when the laser gets there 🤔

This is a step in warfare that will be as significant as the tank.

@MrBlaxjax

5 ай бұрын

If the Chinese ever dazzle us with lasers we can respond in kind!

@thatonediscordfemboy69420

5 ай бұрын

Speaking of, tanks have been largely innefective at.. doing anything besides getting blown up with drones during this stage of modern warfare. Tanks with drone busting lasers, let's see how it plays out in practice versus theory.

@AaronVets

5 ай бұрын

@@thatonediscordfemboy69420They would need a massive power supply, can’t see it happening. On nuclear powered warships it makes sense.

@theroach2204

5 ай бұрын

@@MrBlaxjax Will certainly make its easier to shoot down "Scientific Balloons"

@kalamari3288

5 ай бұрын

@@thatonediscordfemboy69420What makes you think tanks have been ineffective? That is certainly not the case.

If we truly have a Star Wars shoot down capability with this laser then it’s an epic game changer.

@SteveMoore71

5 ай бұрын

But we dont This little toy shoots, obviously from the example images, about 200m. And it CAN NOT target the warhear vs the propellant vs the electronics. It simply makes the target hot. The heat MIGHT lead to a result. This is, at this point, just a high powered laser pointer

@dantastic6262

5 ай бұрын

It would be nice!!! However, if it was an epic game changer, then in the name of deterrence, we’d see video footage of its immense capabilities… This is nothing more than deterrence propaganda.

@mikitaj1

3 ай бұрын

This is for cruise missile ok and hipersonic missiles? Time to destroy missile?

Imperial guard. Heavy lascannon. Range 48". Type heavy 2. Strength 10. Armour penetration -4. Damage D3+3. All praise the Omnissiah !

With the rise of militarised drone swarms I was thinking AA flak cannons would have to make a comeback, but using accurate high powered lasers to take down drones is a perfect use of the technology!

@simplex7096

5 ай бұрын

i doubt it could take out a swarm of drones, prcise flak works better

@rabidL3M0NS

5 ай бұрын

@@simplex7096 I’m sure the best strategy will be a combination of the two technologies working in tandem.

@davidthompson9368

5 ай бұрын

@@simplex7096 Probably not in its current form but down the line an upgraded lazer that can knock a drone out in a few seconds and do it to 20-30 plus at a time could.

@dantastic6262

5 ай бұрын

Rather than shrapnel based flak, I suspect some sort of gummy substance would be a good idea

@theendoftheline

5 ай бұрын

Not flak, but close, check out skynex's ammunition it uses against drones "Known as Advanced Hit Efficiency and Destruction (AHEAD) ammunition. This is a programmable munition designed to take on a target at the optimum distance decided upon by its integral laser rangefinder On reaching the predicted range it functions to release a cluster of aerodynamic tungsten sub-projectiles in a cone-shaped “cloud” that will destroy the target’s control surfaces and other vital components. This significantly increases the effectiveness of fire and reduces ammunition usage rates."

Game changer In modern warfare. This will make Putin think twice once it's operational on the battlefield. Innovation from from the UK again which could have a huge positive impact in the world, proud to be British! 🇬🇧

@user-dz3so3jz4u

5 ай бұрын

are you proud of your royal navy too? They are brilliant at docking 😅🤣😂

@wharmbster1

5 ай бұрын

@@user-dz3so3jz4u you heard of Trident? It's not about numbers anymore, it's about quality and advanced weaponry. Funny how the Russian orcs are way too scared to try anything with our relatively small island, with their ancient deisel chugging Navy. How is the Moskva doing? I heard that's your flagship cruiser? 😂

@matejmacek5784

5 ай бұрын

Contrameasures are: rainfall, snowflakes, dust, clouds, fog. Iraqis burn oil and Somalis tires to prevent laser guiding systems in 1994 and 2003. And plese note attacker choose the attack time. Another western bullshit Wünderwaffe.

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

More like: We have to catch up with USA and stay ahead of Russia and China.

@mgshabbire311

5 ай бұрын

Putin now use mirror in their drones cause mirror bounce back laser ray

May the force be with you.

"A million voices cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced"

@scruff101collects7

5 ай бұрын

That's amazing lmao

@TimHollingworth

5 ай бұрын

Now that's scary!😮

Just imagine when it has enough power to point into your enemies location and start slowly rotating it. Mirrors on drones will be the next add on.

@MikeChatman

5 ай бұрын

I was wondering if that would be a viable defense or if the laser would just be so hot it would simply melt the mirror. I'm not scientist so I don't know.

@jenkem4464

5 ай бұрын

@@MikeChatman Would mitigate a bit I would think but then again you'd probably have to have a pretty robust mirror to even last fractions of seconds against it. I'd assume it would melt the mirror pretty handily.

@MikeChatman

5 ай бұрын

Yeah that's what I was assuming. The heat would warp what ever surface the laser was pointed at and ruin any chance to reflect the laser, at least to the point where laser has any noticeable mitigation. Hmm the future will be very interesting,@@jenkem4464

Having worked with the latest ultrashort pulse lasers in a lab environment, I can say with confidence that this laser is pulled from the pages of a sci-fi book. This is truly a game changer.

@HowardSupra

5 ай бұрын

Would this be a single shot system? Seems like it'd take massive amounts of power/battery packs no?

@nickparkin8527

5 ай бұрын

@@HowardSuprait doesn’t take much power at all. A 1 watt laser is enough to burn things at a short distance. We can make at most ~20,000 watt lasers. This thing should be able to fire all day long and cost a few bucks per shot

@marca9955

5 ай бұрын

It would be a game changer if wars hinged on drone capabilities. The Ukraine/Russia conflict does not.

@mandolinic

5 ай бұрын

You mean that, like FTL travel, transporter beams and beautiful Martian princesses, they're pure fiction?

@Pieces93

5 ай бұрын

@@HowardSuprathey would most likely use either the power supply from the ship it is fitted to (either nuclear/or diesel) and use that power to charge a huge capacitor bank, which would give you a huge discharge rate to supply the laser with a massive amount of power for a few seconds.

Rip to the birds who were flying during the test 🐦🔥🍗

God bless United Kingdom!

What if its raining or snowing or sleet, bet that screws up your laser

@banedon8087

5 ай бұрын

Would certainly shorten the range I would think. By how much I do not know.

When does the car headlight version come out?

@terrylandess6072

5 ай бұрын

Dim/bright/kill - we already have that.

The Israeli's have a similar kind of defense system called 'The Iron Beam'. Not sure if it's being deployed yet or if it's in the end stages. It sounds like the British and Israeli's worked together on it or it's a coincidence that they have this around the same time.

@markmc5112

5 ай бұрын

​@@TubeMeisterJC Sounds like it could be a great boat weapon system. The reporter did talk about the threat on shipping too

@AaronVets

5 ай бұрын

@@markmc5112The threat on shipping vessels could be mitigated by ending unconditional support of genocides. 🙄

As someone who has worked on DIRCM for decades, I can say that this is not the groundbreaking technology that is being alluded to. 👍

@petersinclair3997

5 ай бұрын

Are you saying the technology hasn’t progressed over the decades, like valves to microchips?

@Jaytwisty23

5 ай бұрын

Rather than being vague do enlighten us then oh great one

@Si_Mondo

5 ай бұрын

Obviously. If they're speaking about it publicly now, then development on it probably ended around 1980.... 😅

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

​@@Si_MondoThere were prototype laser missile defense in the 1980s, but they were the size of buildings. Actually much development has been done since 2000 to make laser weapons smaller and more affordable.

@BionicRusty

5 ай бұрын

@@petersinclair3997 not at all. Of course laser power has developed. Counter measure systems were lamp power based whilst the high power lasers were being developed but that breakthrough happened getting on for two decades ago. Miysis, Dircm, Circm, Laircm and InShield have all used HP Lasers for many years.

The US Navy has been rolling out 30kW Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) on its ships for the last three years and newer versions will soon be of up to 100kW. Meanwhile Israel is supplementing its Iron Dome anti-missile system with Iron Beam lasers, so this is not unexpected. Apart from the fact that a shot from a DEW costs pennies, it also solves the age-old 'magazine problem' that a US Carrier Battle Group would face in a conflict in the South China Sea, in which China would fire hundreds of missiles at them from fixed and mobile launchers on the mainland.

@brianboye8025

5 ай бұрын

Dragonflies is reportedly 50 kW so that is getting to a useful power level if the beam quality and aiming is good. 100 kW is better.

@glossypeacock7552

5 ай бұрын

@@brianboye8025 Errrrr .... probably twice as better??!! Just guessin'!

@anthonywilson4873

5 ай бұрын

Fantastic input from the mathematician, breaking down the technology and making it simple for a layman like me.👍😊

@Whoami691

5 ай бұрын

The British military isn't showing you the best stuff buddy. It's why uk subs are undetectable to the us navy and why it was British intel that found bin laden. Unlike you, we don't show our hand to have a dlck measuring contest with china. It's why you can't win a war without us. Try harder.

@crinolynneendymion8755

5 ай бұрын

USN never anticipated the type of target which is now effective. Short sighted analysts apparently.

You Brits are fking awesome..... Small country but packs a punch😊😊😊😊

@garethwigglesworth8187

5 ай бұрын

The world: we got guns don't mess with us. The UK: aww so cute 🥺

In the early 2000s, the US and German navies tested this on warships. The problem is that a reflective surface can easily distort a laser. The same should apply to this.

@jonnyfatboy7563

5 ай бұрын

not if its using MEGAWATTS..

@vatsal7640

5 ай бұрын

I don't think a mirror can reflect a beam this much powerful

Oh Lazerpig is going to have a field day with this one.

The powerful laser is incredibly impressive, but I heard rumors that just before it fires the targets hears" Punch it Chewy".

AA or AAA Batteries?😮

@ruthcollins2841

5 ай бұрын

Probably Electric ones that need constant charging up!😊

@ministryoflies1344

5 ай бұрын

All batteries are electric my friend 😂

@davidtipping9783

5 ай бұрын

I bet Mr Tesla will be providing the batteries from the 1000s of unwanted EVs.😁

@justeatingbigmacs

5 ай бұрын

usb-c

@josephberrie9550

5 ай бұрын

triple AAA as in anti aircraft artillery

At 10:40, we hear that the cost of firing this laser weapon [£10] is equivalent to running an electric fire for an hour. My domestic electricity supplier charges ca. 30p per kilowatt-hour. So a 2-kW electric fire running for one hour would cost 60p. The presenter's calculation is out by a factor of more than 16. Also, the diameter of a £1 coin is ca. 2.3 cm - not 1 cm as the speaker says.

@mikec3698

5 ай бұрын

Well done, my thoughts exactly. No idea about life in general, just a consummate warmonger. So proud. I don"t know how these people sleep at night. ATB Mike.

@christopherleubner6633

5 ай бұрын

The laser would be about 25kW average power with MW peak power, it would likely be a 976nm fiber array laser based on camera beam color ( eyeball invisible or faint blue if very dark by stuff vaporizing in the path. A single shot of a 25kw average power laser would draw about the same as an electric clothes dryer on HI but have similar power use as a toaster or electric hotplate for 15 minutes of use. Shot length would be anywhere from 15 to 180 seconds to fry a cheap drone..

@rogerphelps9939

5 ай бұрын

A simple countermeasure is to make the drone very reflective. How does Firefly cope with such measures?@@christopherleubner6633

@jonnyfatboy7563

5 ай бұрын

I will like to add they don't just "run" out of missiles or bullets like he said.. War I a business that loves to make money. presenter talks shite 😅👊

@clinhart

4 ай бұрын

You also need to factor in the wear on the equipment. The equipment probably has a limited lifetime of a certain number of shots (maybe a million shots or so). Which results in a certain cost of equipment per shot. Also, supplying energy in a battlefield situation probably costs significantly more than to supply energy to a home in peace times. So, the £10 can be a reasonable estimate of the cost per shot.

i know we are not all styropyro but he explained a laser as only the army could. 😂

Even a fucking laser turret was invented before gta 6 ☠️

One big advantage of a laser is that the "beam" has a far better chance of hitting it's target because it's so much faster when it "lines up" on the target, which has no chance of "getting out of the way" once it's "in the cross-hairs".. it's also going to be easier to aim than a missile or gun, in fact it'll be as easy as spotting the target with a light, which is what it is.. if it's combined with radar for finding the targets, it'll be unbeatable..

@covidcol3505

5 ай бұрын

a long as clouds rain smoke etc don't get in the way

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

Radar is good for long range detection, but not so good at tracking. They use IR and visible for tracking.

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

​@@covidcol3505That is why they use IR tracking and IR lasers. Rain drops do shorten the range.

@meantweetsandcheepgas946

5 ай бұрын

Have you ever heard of a "reflective surface"? Also, IR is the easiest to reflect.

@rogerphelps9939

5 ай бұрын

If smoke and rain get in the way the drone is not much use anyway.@@covidcol3505

For drones, you can also use masers. All you need is the right frequency to fry the electronics not necessarily a high power requirement. (If you need to go that route.)

@MrBlaxjax

5 ай бұрын

Not forgetting the still secret zazers , bazeers and dozers! Um dazers! Seriously I’m not really sure why this technology has been unveiled. Wouldn’t it be best just to start using it when it becomes available? If the technology works and it is as inexpensive as portrayed it might unilaterally win the war. For one thing these fazers or wazers could be drone mounted and used to cheaply zap minefields. Muhaha.

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

Russia and Ukraine jam eacothers drone frequencies and also use a micro wave system the soldiers call the 'ray gun' to overload the electronics.

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

​@@MrBlaxjaxI new a laser engineer that worked on setting off mines with lasers around 1990. He had military experience but had not worked with mines and underestimated the safe range and hurt himself. His project was too expensive and got canceled.

@terrylandess6072

5 ай бұрын

No matter the future of warfare, you can bet every soldier -with- will still receive a combat knife.

@trailingupwards

5 ай бұрын

GAZERS!! Like lasers, but with gamma rays. AKA death ray.

While ago i was watching documentary about laser weapon. They had problem with high energy consumption. Would it actually be possible to use low powered laser and pinpoint to weak spot of missile, make the warhead or fuel explode?

My question is heavy rain, snow, Would it refract and weaken, or burn thru? Seems like weather may affect rang, accuracy.?

It will be smart to test it in Ukraine. In some areas where this technology cannot be captured by Russians.

We need an inexpensive drone that can go around attacking other drones!

@nicolasalexander408

5 ай бұрын

Can't do that, we have to pay lots of Tax payer money for stupidly expensive systems, which, for the most part, will never be used.....apart from on the general population in Minority Report and Judge Dredd

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

Ukraine uses the Australian cardboard and foam drone for that. So you already have that.

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

​@@nicolasalexander408 Those are fiction movies and Australia has a cardboard drone.

@RUX70N

5 ай бұрын

China and the US all ready have swarm systems that can do that, trust me.

I've been waiting for high voltage testing of this for years now

Anyone know if this is a pulse laser or a constant laser? Depending on the power levels at play the difference between the two design types is huge… just an interested engineer.

It can project a spot on the moon or even cut through solid metal!

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

Laser cutter go back to the 1990s for cutting metal.

An inexpensive alternative to protecting your troops. Great job!

Stats Pls. rate of fire, power consumption etc etc

These will be sold on the streets of Tenerife within 3 years. Frightening

@grudzz7049

5 ай бұрын

😂

Could it sink rubber dinghies?

how much per shot? i assume the optics degrade quickly at those high temps.

Interesting, thanks!

If it isn't still used it's because there are still some issues. Even if the claim of (very) low cost is true (compared to how expensive it was just a decade ago or so) then there are other issues. People confuse the laser with "bullets" or the "rays in the Sci Fi movies", it is neither, it doesn't destroy a target immediately: when you see the demonstrations in the available videos, it last some seconds until it damages the target enough for it to be neutralized. So it has to keep the laser focused on the target while it travels (obviously they compensate for this, but still). But that is not counting with possible counter measures (like it would be to have reflective coating on the missiles/drones and some other heat reflective protections inside). Lasers aren't still THAT strong (maybe they will be). Plus atmospheric conditions could hamper their effectiveness.

@matsommer5039

5 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly, I would almost be positive that there will be an inexpensive coating that can deflect the beam, if not rendering it useless than at least drastically reducing its effectiveness.

This is what I have been hoping... getting these defence weapons. Those who are attacking (like russia) would fail more likely.

God and His Majesty be with you. Amen.

What a fantastic development - how long will it take to produce and deliver these into service ?

same thing used in the Maui fires..

Please it is not the British Navy but the Royal Navy - please show proper respect for our nation’s armed forces.

@ClamBanditt

5 ай бұрын

It’s like calling American Marines ground troops. Relax dude. It’s not a big deal, he mostly said “Royal Navy” anyway.

@jaymac7203

5 ай бұрын

Lol Jesus 😂

Thank you sir. Glory to UK

Would it work on icbms though?

Why is it that you could believe and trust this man, unlike politicians, reporters and presenters? An unpretentious, experienced, intelligent voice of integrity and but I’m surprised that such a detailed, explanation about a revolutionary piece of military equipment should be broadcast on social media. Deploying it in secrecy would be far more effective, surely?

@barrymiller3385

5 ай бұрын

It would only be a secret until its first (successful) use. Hopefully it would then act as a deterrent. So let everyone know about it. (I'm talking here about its effect - not how it works.)

@magtoria

5 ай бұрын

Deterrence. What would be secret would be its real operating ability versus its public specification

@observersnt

5 ай бұрын

@@barrymiller3385yes, you’re right. It seems to be an incredible leap forward. Let’s hope it’s deployed and successful for a long time before our enemies find ways to stop it. Well done Britain!

@observersnt

5 ай бұрын

@@magtoria I wondered that. It may well be significantly more capable than is being admitted. I thought that if it wasn’t revealed for several weeks after it was deployed , it would give a tactical advantage. Opponents wouldn’t know what had hit the. The timing and description may be partly propagandist??

So, what is effectiveness if it is raining, foggy, or there is salt spray in the air? The answer is that it is less effective, but can it still do the job?

@gilesdavis6345

5 ай бұрын

Are you having a conversation with yourself?

@glynnwright1699

5 ай бұрын

@@gilesdavis6345 No, just pointing out that they have major problems, as any graduate physicist or electronic engineer knows.

@davidgreen6490

5 ай бұрын

@@glynnwright1699 Let me get this straight, you think the MOD has unveiled a multi billion pound weapon to the public and it hasnt thgought of fog or snow? Must be wonderfully peaceful in your world.

@glynnwright1699

5 ай бұрын

@@davidgreen6490 I worked on directed energy weapons for MOD years ago. I spend a good part of my time working with sensors in the infrared spectrum. The properties of NIR light don't change however much money you spend. The energy delivered to the target will fall if the beam is scattered. Extract of one of the recommendations made for the US equivalent programme in 2018:: "....DOD should also conduct further research to enhance understanding of laser and high power microwave lethality and reliability across an increasing range of weather and atmospheric conditions." By the way, does the electromagnetic spectrum feature highly in your world?

@yaboikindabored9831

5 ай бұрын

​@@davidgreen6490Dude the man's talkingto himself

More investment into our great minds 🇬🇧

Could the targets of the laser be fitted with a mirror defense, to deflect the beam ? ..

And, of you have a higher intensity, you can use a beam splitter to hit two targets at once WITH one beam.

When I was at school I always made a 'Pyoo Pyoo' noise when I pretended to fire a laser gun. I wonder if the operators of this weapon system do the same thing.

@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

5 ай бұрын

'Pyoo-pyoo' indeed! A laser gun goes 'Fchooo-fchooo'

@mikeoglen6848

5 ай бұрын

It goes "Poing Poooiiinnnggg", surely?@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

@ministryoflies1344

5 ай бұрын

I would have the Star Trek phaser sound in my head...indeed.. I'd program the laser and install a speaker to loudly play it when it's firing.

@XORTION

5 ай бұрын

Mine was more of a peeyow peeyow kind of noise

@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

5 ай бұрын

@@ministryoflies1344 Isn't that more of a continuous 'pheeeeeeeep!'?

When he called them "Hoochies" I cried a lil bit 😂😂 Timestamp 1:44

Also known to be very effective at distracting cats.

What if they chrome coat the missiles or drones?:^) or cover them with some sort of mirror?:^) just a thought

@janejones1032

5 ай бұрын

Flipping good point

@bordersw1239

5 ай бұрын

I bet they haven’t thought of that 😂

@garethwigglesworth8187

5 ай бұрын

Not stopping a military grade laser.

if this system proves good and reliable I don't see why it can't be plane mounted and used to hit targets sooner and maybe land targets like lightly armoured vehicles such as oil tankers and Russian tanks

@SalemikTUBE

5 ай бұрын

Power would be a problem. You need lots and lots of power.

@bobdillon1138

5 ай бұрын

Penetrating tank armor and taking down a plastic drone are worlds apart.

@iankuah8606

5 ай бұрын

The USAF demonstrated an anti-ICBM airborne laser with the Boeing 747 YAL-1 Airborne Laser project back in 2002. After a successful public demonstration the project was shelved in 2014. The US Navy began rolling out 30kW lasers on some ships around four years ago, and these are being slowly stepped up to 100kW units as the tech becomes available. A ship is the perfect platform for a laser as weight, size and power is not a problem, and a nuclear powered aircraft carrier has almost infinite power generation capability.

@tonyturtle

5 ай бұрын

the tank armour was sarcasm

@theendmyfriend

5 ай бұрын

Moving platforms like plane creates air turbulence which disrupts the focus and energy of the laser. They are working on it but thats always problem. Influenced by weather humidity cloud cover wind environmental conditions disperses the beam.

Since this defeats drone warfare, something will be made to stop the lasers. We went from guns, to artillery, to tanks, to missles, to drones, to lasers... What's next? Probably some sort of force shield that can stop lasers and bullets and can only be penetrated by swords/knives and we're back in medieval times lol

What happens to anything beyond it's intended target ? What else can be in the firing line, and what is the destructive range ?

Meanwhile, in the real world, British battleships are banging into each other.

@RedMac63

5 ай бұрын

A minesweeper has never been called a battleship in any navy.

@shahzadakram4667

5 ай бұрын

@@RedMac63 thank you, yes it was a minesweeper... stuck in reverse apparently.

With a Lazer, the issue with distance is to maintain energy density and concentration.

@DonaldRussell-nu3mv

5 ай бұрын

So- you need twenty stations on an Island like Nantucket?

@fanfeck2844

5 ай бұрын

Yes, but I imagine electronics don’t take much to destroy them

Does it work well in bad, rainy or foggy weather?

Will it work as well in heavy rain or snow?

Awesome technology.

The use of “fast-steering” mirror technology on board an airborne vehicle could be used to deflect a laser. This was demonstrated during the Star Wars initiative when lasers were fired from a remote location and reflected off a moving satellite, precisely striking a target on the earth thousands of miles away. This would of course require more sophisticated electronic countermeasures onboard the missile, adding to the cost.

@mandolinic

5 ай бұрын

Or maybe, just a coat of silver paint?

In the 80’s the US started the Star Wars program for safety. The confidence of America is here. Safety for all. The melting pot gift.

It would have added advantage if these lasers could be weaponized for assault purposes , in this case used as incendiary weapon to set targets ablaze. And since they cannot be intercepted or short down they could cause a lot of damage.

@jeffschroeder4805

5 ай бұрын

To your point: Marjorie Taylor Greene in the United States Congress has reported on good authority that Jews are using satellite space lasers to start fires in the American west.

This is decades old

@bio7377

5 ай бұрын

No it isnt at all.

@bio7377

5 ай бұрын

Part of the idea yes, what porton down are creating to make it actually work - no.

@markdillon5494

5 ай бұрын

Directed energy weapons have been around since the late 40's in black operations. Thats a fact. VERY old tech. Weapons tech is like playing poker. You dont reveal any of your cards until you absolutely have to - and then convince everyone that its the latest and greatest.

what happens if they just mirror the surface of the drone?

how does it work on troops in the open?

Is this a plasma beam particle separator weapon . ?

The range is a big issue. The energy of lasers decreases by the inverse of the square of the distance. This means that as the distance to the target increases, the laser is exponentially less powerful. It may be very accurate still at a long distance but not as powerful so the bit about choosing when and where you want a missile to be to be destroyed may not hold true.

@matejmacek5784

5 ай бұрын

And clouds, rain and fog + Somalis, and Iraqis burn oil and tires to prevent laser guiding system. So as self driving cars it will work only in good weather.

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

​@@matejmacek5784Self driving cars that use radar have no problems with rain. Self driving car with visible lasers do have problems with rain. These systems are longer wavelengths than laser guided systems.

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

Look up laser beam divergence and calculate beam sizes at the ranges this video talk about give a 6 inch initial beam size.

@matejmacek5784

5 ай бұрын

@@mrbaab5932 Scattering of laser beam on dust particles is bases of laser diffraction method of particle analysis, which is a common method in chemistry and soil testing. Rough approximation: Per definition wave length should be grater then few times particle size. So this means microwaves and radio waves (park sensor, WiFi, RADAR, radio, TV) are not interfered by droplets. But the energy of photon is decreases with wavelength. So these protons are about million times les powerful then visible laser light. But if enough of them hit you will be hurt. But hen it is impossible to make 1 cm beam out of them.

@monopolybillionaire5027

5 ай бұрын

You don't want to bring a space station down.

They already have these perfected and are in use , for a long time

It only works when it’s not cloudy, raining, foggy or misty 😂 when is it ever sunny in England 😅

@wonderboy2402

5 ай бұрын

Think these laser systems will be a target for drones?😂

@thatonediscordfemboy69420

5 ай бұрын

*farts on the lenses with cheetoh dust* behold, a 1.2 million whatever dollar piece of military equipment rendered as useless as a 1996 toyota corolla in a junkyard via the superiorty of biological warfare.

The yanks were showcasing this 7 years ago for Christ sake

@DoubtingTom

5 ай бұрын

No they were not

What's next, sharks with laser beams, what do you say Dr. Evil?

The same weapon they used on hawaii homes and blamed it on wild fires even tho cars that was destroyed.and the glass melted into liquid.which would never happen from and normal fire.

@johnwheeler3071

5 ай бұрын

Many civilians dead in Palestine. Makes me wonder whether the unveilling of the lasar was why the gates were left open.

@Dr.greenthumb23

5 ай бұрын

@@johnwheeler3071 I ain't being funny I couldn't careless about israel or Palestine they been killing each other for centuries.or any other war going on in the world it's all for money nothing to do with helping anyone it's all for self gain.

@uniquevideosUk

5 ай бұрын

​​​@@johnwheeler3071 one major factor! Them you mention, aswell as many others, are all firing back at 🇮🇱 so do they do nothing? lets also not keep on with this history tour, stick with what's going in today! Which would be a ceasefire all round, so ALL innocent children, civilians can live in peace, stop been ignorant to life, especially when you are sat defending life, you just sound a hypocrite.

@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304

5 ай бұрын

🤪

@johnwheeler3071

5 ай бұрын

@@uniquevideosUk Im no Hamas supporter and Israel has a right to defend itself so I think we agree on that. It was easy for Hamas to open the door though which is concerning.

Nothing knew i worked on several applications on Laser technology in the 1980s.

It uses the equivelent electricity in 3 seconds as it does to power 8000 homes. So what about the carbon scam - doesnt matter now does it?

@03olo020

5 ай бұрын

There's clearly a reason we've been heavily investing in nuclear energy over the last few years. A nuclear power station would have very little problem powering one of these with almost a 0 carbon footprint and I'd go as far to say as in the next 10-15 years were going to have nuclear FUSION energy which is a whole other level of power generation.

Impressive 😮but last about as long as a tank on the battlefield 😊

@francescostello1377

5 ай бұрын

Indeed, this is pure BS.

@imbonkers3629

5 ай бұрын

@@francescostello1377 be a easy target 🎯 follow the laser back to the source and blow it up 🙄

@robinsmith8918

5 ай бұрын

Yea you are all right but ...

@davidware9549

5 ай бұрын

@@francescostello1377nah that’s your life and where ever it is our subs and other defences will be keeping it safe

@babyamy3884

5 ай бұрын

It’s not ment to it’s an air defence system

Excellent vid by hamish

Excellent 👌

And by next year it will be available on the global stage to any and every individual or group with a grudge to settle 🤔

@toby9999

5 ай бұрын

Not likely.

Worrying about AI, Iran obtaining Nukes, while aplying GoF, these kind of lazer weapons, etc. Dan Wells Quote: “Humanity will destroy itself, body and soul, before it will learn a simple lesson", is more applicable than ever? :(

The 🇬🇧 Mk1- EMRG/PW7 will be a game charger with the Railgun by BAE system.

Headline: Drone destroying super laser. Which one got destroyed? 😂

To be used on illegal dinghies in the Channel

Does it function in cloudy weather

But what is the capital expenditure for a lazer . Please advise ?

@deusvult8251

5 ай бұрын

Classified

Does it run on solar panels?

Now get it to hit rubber boats from 26 miles away

OK how fast can they be manufactured and deployed? What is the rate of target acquisition and destruction?

How does the laser stay locked on a moving target?

If they put reflective material on the missiles or drones, would that negate the laser?

Works as long as its not raining too heavy, due to refraction.

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

The rain drops shorten the range or require more time on the target.

@mrbaab5932

5 ай бұрын

The rain drops shorten the range or require more time on the target.

The world: we got guns dont mess with us. Uk: thats cute