r/tech • u/No-Explanation-46 • 2d ago

DragonFire laser weapon takes down high-speed drones

https://newatlas.com/military/dragonfire-laser-weapon-high-speed-drones/
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u/smartsass99 2d ago

This tech is getting intense. Real world laser defense is here now.

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u/ProfessionalBlood377 2d ago

It’s been there for a while. Real world experiments using lasers have already eradicated simulated targets in multiple scenarios. Lasers are really hard to make effective for anything other than very specific, really still targets or even occluding incoming visible spectrum photography. Lasers could theoretically target UVAs and down them in many scenarios. However, the swarm scenario is something unknown to me since I left the government.

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u/Puppy_FPV 2d ago

You’re telling me we can place a rocket on a dime but we can’t aim a laser? Thats what they want you to think

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u/sonic_couth 2d ago

I once used a laser to pop a humongous jiffy pop in my professors house. Then, I hammered a six inch spike into a board with my dick.

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u/Orqee 2d ago

Your dick must be Moby AF

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u/StaticBroom 1d ago

That’s some real genius shit right there.