[Newsbot]

Title: Laser used to shoot down a moving aircraft for first time
Category: Military
Posted By: N_Fiddledog
Date: 2010-07-21 01:00:16

[N_Fiddledog]

Here's the video.

[Dragom]

Wow, I really expected railguns long before AA Lasers.

And it was 10 seconds of contact before it fell?

[Hyack]

Sorry, already been posted:

Time: 5:33 PM on Monday
Topic: Military
Hits: 137
Poster: Scape

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/07/18/new-laser-is-bad-day-for-uavs/

For the first time, a solid-state laser has successfully destroyed a flying drone in a naval environment. The tests, performed by Raytheon with the Navy, occurred off of San Nicholas Island, Calif. over several days in late May. Four UAVs were destroye

[N_Fiddledog]

Sorry about that. I just did a quick scan of the first page looking for it. Should have clicked to page 2, of course.

I guess you guys posted about the laser light sabers a while back too, eh?

http://www.dailytech.com/WickedLasers+U ... e18681.htm

We need phasers now.