105 kilowatt Laser

[GoRdOn_B]

"Reaching new heights with its scalable building block approach for compact, electric laser weapons, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has produced the most powerful light ray yet created by an electric laser, measured at more than 105 kilowatts (kW)."


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http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=161575


Sounds pretty scary to me

 

[pseudolobster]

Reaching new heights with its scalable building block approach for compact, electric laser weapons, Northrop Grumman Corporation...

(emphasis added)

It seem Northrop Grumman and I have differing opinions of what constitutes a "compact" laser...

 

[xmtgx]

I bet it cant boil water :

 

[Daedronus]

18% electrical efficiency :

That's 1/2 Mega Watts of electrical power.

The laser can be mounted on a tank or whatever, but anything short of a aircraft carrier won't be able to power it.

18% also tells me that they used nd:yag pumped by diodes, not arc lamps.

 

[iewed]

Where does the beam come out?

 

[Cyparagon]

plenty of power plants make more than 1GW. .5MW is not much if you have access to power lines.

The overhead power lines that supply a town carry 7000 volts? you'd only need 70A.