The technology, jointly developed with Raytheon, used industrial
strength lasers, is more than just your run-of-the-mill PR exercise. In
its write-up of the technology, Scientific American
correctly notes that the shoot-down of the drones over water
constitutes an advance over previous Raytheon tests which focused on
static targets.







Mike Booen of Raytheon gave USA Today the money quote for the day: "The targets came in over the ocean, and it was a good day for lasers, bad day for drones."






Still, don't expect deployment any time soon. Even if the follow-up
tests come through with flying colors, the technology is likely going
to take several more years before it's ready for combat situation.
(Coincidentally, the breakthrough made the rounds on the anniversary of
the day that U.S. astronauts walked on the moon in 1969.

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Haven't looked yet, but please tell me the laser was mounted to a sharks head?

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Haven't looked yet, but please tell me the laser was mounted to a sharks head?

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Sorry, the frickin laser was not mounted to a shark.

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Sorry, the frickin laser was not mounted to a shark.

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Ihave one simple request and that is to have sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads....is that too hard to do....