The UK has successfully fired a high-power laser weapon against an aerial target for the first time in a trial.
It is hoped that the test will pave the way for a low-cost alternative to missiles to shoot down targets like drones.
The DragonFire weapon is precise enough to hit a £1 coin from a kilometre away, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) says.
Who thought the British will get to have King Raptors first?
Rheinmetall has the HEL and I believe the US has one in the works too.
The US already has a variety of HEL systems. The Navy has them, the Army has a Stryker brigade with them along with systems to go in the bed of a pickup truck and one that mounts on a side by side.
I remember seeing them on the tips of planes like 15 years ago.
That’s one I hadn’t seen before. Got any more info?
https://www.jba.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/337776/airborne-laser-aircraft-slated-to-provide-missile-defense/
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Rheinmetall has the HEL
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How good would a sequel be, sigh
Generals is a game that would totally not get made today. If not for the GLA being offensive, it was literally banned by China.
The GLA theme is a banger though.
I 100% agree about China, though I think you could do a guerrilla faction “respectfully.” You could do a 2nd world faction as well thematically as some combination of BRICS economies
Well we are very famous for our monarchism