[extropy-chat] LASER: DARPA's HELLADS small laser weapon makes headway

[Mike Lorrey]

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technovel_darpa_lasers_050830.html

The HELLADS is intended to be mountable on tactical aircraft, a Hummer,
or UCAVs and offer performance of 5 kg/kW weapon weight with 150 kW
beam energy. So it should come in at about 750 lbs in a design useful
on the battlefield

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
Founder, Constitution Park Foundation:
http://constitutionpark.blogspot.com
Personal/political blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com


		
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