The MoD's got a frickin' big laser that can fry drones for £10 a shot
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has declassified footage of its £10-per-shot military laser weapon destroying a drone. Named ...
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China is building a giant laser facility to master near-limitless clean energy, satellite images appear to show
In a world first, NIF scientists achieved a successful nuclear fusion reaction with a net energy gain (although they didn’t count the energy needed to power the lasers). It was a big step ...
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The World’s Brightest Laser Pointer?
One problem with a big laser pointer is having enough voltage to drive the laser. He took an inverter-style microwave and pulled out the lightweight transformer. The final build has a 555 and is ...
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US Navy Lasers
In 2014, the US Navy installed its first prototype SSL (solid state laser) capable of countering surface craft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on a Navy ship. The Navy since then has been ...