Ionatron building laser guided energy weapons for US Navy

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Mike @ Apr 26th 2007 8:26AM

A ship based directed energy weapon? How is this worth the cost of development? Naval battles are a thing of the past, these are the days of air superiority so ship to ship can't be the goal...and unless a ship can arch its weapons overland to support ground troops then what good will it be? Energy weapons have horrible range and shoot in straight lines.

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Thomas S @ Apr 26th 2007 9:16AM

Thats what the giant space mirrors are for... duh

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cade @ Apr 26th 2007 9:29AM

Last time I looked the Navy still had planes

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Chocolate Starfish @ Apr 26th 2007 9:42AM

What better place for a line-of-sight weapon than the ocean? There are no trees, no hills, no buildings, and no obstructions. Fit one of these on a quick, fast stealth boat and use it to sink whole air-craft carriers (lots of assumptions on size and power...). Naval battles may have been a "thing of the past." Something like this makes them relevant again.

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