Sci Fi laser warfare is upon us....

froglord

Jez6345789 said:

Not saying we are not good at making stuff but the Yanks have a 20 year head start and they have not really deployed anything monumental. None of the stuff I have seen online seems much good against a drone or plane that then takes evasive action in most cases it continues in a straight line till it blows up.  I am sure we will continue to find more efficient ways to kill each other. The biggest problem with Lasers is some kind of portable power supply currently they need massive amounts of power.

It's going to be like this, isn't it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2eKvh3q7ac

snowblind

And don't forget Japan is also talking about getting tooled up on the nuke front. Let that one sink in for a moment. Give it a few and we'll be discussing this like in "Dune" where they talk about "the family atomics". 

Our species is governed by idiots and children.

darthed1981

snowblind said:

And don't forget Japan is also talking about getting tooled up on the nuke front. Let that one sink in for a moment. Give it a few and we'll be discussing this like in "Dune" where they talk about "the family atomics". 

Our species is governed by idiots and children.

Japan has a nuclear armed China with serious "beef" across the sea from them - if I were them I'd want nukes as well.

The best bet would be a global effort to eradicate the damn things full stop - but we are a long way from that currently.

Offset

merlin said:

And the article below it "Starmer 'absolutely' commited to nuclear weapons".

We are SO fucked.

It depends on your perspective.

Kurtis

snowblind said:

And don't forget Japan is also talking about getting tooled up on the nuke front. Let that one sink in for a moment. Give it a few and we'll be discussing this like in "Dune" where they talk about "the family atomics". 

Our species is governed by idiots and children.

And how would you know if it was a Japanese or American missile being launched?!

notanon

This one is jaw dropping 

Kittyfrisk

^ Around 5m 50 for the laser stuff.