Boeing tactical laser blasts ground target

[ThunderBird89]

Zapping things from the sky: Airborne Boeing laser blasts ground target | NetworkWorld.com Community

The Boeing Advanced Tactical Laser recently destroyed its first ground target on the White Sands Missile Range, with a five second burst peaking at 10W output.

Now while the article deals mainly with the military applications, there's a good deal of technical info to be found as well, such as the output of the finished system, beam steering speeds, beam generation, etc.

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[Tabish]

10W??? lol

Im sure its wayyyyy more.

EDIT: Oh wait, this is for destroying ground targets ROFL.

 

[millirad]

10 Kilo-Watts?

 

[laserist]

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The Boeing Advanced Tactical Laser recently destroyed its first ground target on the White Sands Missile Range, with a five second burst peaking at 10W output.

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The Boeing Laser is megawatt class - It's beam is 1 meter in diameter and the laser itself weighs 12000 pounds...

 

[Hemlock_Mike]

WOW I have a 20 watt hand held. Oh my dreams

Mike