US Army reveals plans to get laser weapons on the battlefield by 2023 (Independent)

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Doug Bolton
@DougieBolton
14 hours ago
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The US military is "very close" to developing laser weapons for use on the battlefield, an army official has revealed.

Speaking at a House of Representatives committee, military technology secretary Mary J. Miller said the army was aiming to have the weapons deployed as early as 2023.

Once developed, the weapons would be used to shoot down missiles, drones and even artillery shells as they move through the sky.

Before laser weapons can be used in battle, however, they'll need to go through stringent tests and trials so soldiers can get to grips with them.
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[metroins]

1. Should be before that

The tech is already here.

Too much red tape if we're waiting 7 years.

[catnhatnh]

2. Of course we would never, never

use them to melt or vaporize other humans with them like a death ray or anything......

[DetlefK]

4. It would be more like a lethal burn-wound.

From the videos about military-grade lasers shooting down drones, I estimate that a shot wouldn't be strong enough to kill a human outright. The human would suffer a severe burn-wound before leaving the ray due to collapsing or diving into cover.

The pain from the burn-wound could maybe send him into shock and the burn-wound would maybe cause internal bleeding and swelling, leading to a slow and painful death, unless treated immediately.



Yeah, sounds even worse than getting vaporized.

[Judi Lynn]

3. My God. All that energy going into murdering people, and looking forward to killing far more.

What an evil culture. It has NO redeeming qualities as long as it feeds on death.

[Mbrow]

5. Yeah You think we could use the brain power to...

Oh, I don't know.. feed the world in a green way, green energy, stopping fucking wars, you know those pesky little things.

K&R

[Orsino]

6. The sharks are for the Navy. n/t