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  1. dannydale

    Lasers in food. No, not lasers on food...

    Feel free to move this to a preexisting thread, but this is too hilarious not to post. Really tiny lasers made from droplets of olive oil. https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adom.202500497 https://www.science.org/content/article/these-tiny-lasers-are-completely-edible
  2. B

    Team Pellonia Airborne Laser Self Protection System

    https://euro-sd.com/2024/10/major-news/41022/laser-self-protection-system/
    • Basil
    • Thread
    • defence science and technology laboratory (uk) defensive aids system dircm dstl laser laser-based airborne self-protection system lasers leonardo s.p.a. leonardo uk manpads ministry of defence royal air force team pellonia thales group thales uk united kingdom
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. G

    Flywheels to power laser systems? (Also: ICBM plug blocking systems)

    Guys, I am not certain exactly as to where to place this news item, but the actual article is about the plugs that block the top parts of the Minuteman 3 siloes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/09/16/us-enhances-last-line-of-nuclear-missile-silo-defense/#70b81576f568 But...
    • greenmartian2017
    • Thread
    • cold war cold war ii icbm lasers missile silo post-cold war satellite space weapons strategic air command strategic defense initiative united states air force united states strategic command
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Military
  4. D

    Advanced beamed-energy and field propulsion concepts

    Very interesting NASA document from 1983: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19850024873
    • drejr
    • Thread
    • cold war cold war ii laser lasers nasa post-cold war space age space race space shuttle
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  5. Hood

    DARPA SUPER PBD

    DARPA has selected the Silent Falcon UAV to test the feasibility of remotely charging an aircraft with a laser for its Stand-off Ubiquitous Power/Energy Replenishment - Power Beaming Demo (SUPER PBD) programme. The Silent Falcon is scheduled to begin testing in January 2019 with the aim of...
    • Hood
    • Thread
    • 2010s darpa defense advanced research projects agency lasers united states unmanned aerial vehicle unmanned air vehicle
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  6. Sferrin

    Revolution Underway In Naval Surface Warfare

    "NEWTOWN, Conn. --- Two radical weapons will revolutionize naval warfare in the second decade of the 21st century, according to Forecast International's new analysis, "The Market for Naval Surface Warfare Systems." Lasers will be tasked with anti-aircraft, anti-missile, and anti-small-craft...
    • Sferrin
    • Thread
    • anti-ship anti-surface warfare asuw directed energy weapon early 21st century lasers naval surface fire support post-cold war railgun shipbuilding
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: Military
  7. bobbymike

    Solid State Laser News

    Textron Achieves More Than 100 Kilowatts with J-HPSSL High-Power Laser Final J-HPSSL Technical Milestone Reached (Wilmington, Mass., February 18, 2010) -- Textron Defense Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that its Directed Energy...
    • bobbymike
    • Thread
    • 21st century laser lasers
    • Replies: 1,456
    • Forum: Military
  8. Orionblamblam

    Zenith Star

    http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=nuclear+source:life&imgurl=356d8d3675dbfd67
    • Orionblamblam
    • Thread
    • 1980s anti-satellite ballistic missile defense cold war darpa laser lasers strategic defence strategic defense initiative triad program united states united states air force
    • Replies: 105
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  9. L

    Airborne megawatt class free-electron laser for defense and security

    For anyone interested, the following is a paper describing a possible airborne free-electron laser. It differs from the the ABL currently being developed for the USAF in that it does not use chemicals to generate a beam. You can download the pdf if you are interested in viewing the...
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