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100k-Watt Iron Beam laser becomes first to be operationally deployed

15 points by tomerbd ago | 5 comments

cr125rider |next [-]

Related - Real Engineering’s video on The Age of Laser Warfare Has Begun: https://youtu.be/8VLovd9bS5U?si=uO5OI0PnBPLYdSMd

He has some details on how these work.

zorobo |next |previous [-]

More tech details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Beam

jvandonsel |next |previous [-]

Caution: Do not stare into beam.

comrade1234 |previous [-]

Firing rate? How long before it overheats?

esseph |root |parent [-]

That would be classified. Not something you want attackers to know.