Likely in preparation for the coming swarm of cheap, ubiquitous drones at home and abroad, the Navy is looking at taking on pesky unmanned aircraft with one of its favorite but not-quite-there-yet weapons: lasers.
As part of a new research program revealed today, the Navy says it wants to equip Humvees and other ground vehicles with laser weapons to shoot missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles out of the sky. It's a technology the Navy has been toying with (and hyping) for a while now. Initial tests had managed to burn through a small boat's outboard motor — albeit very slowly. Further attempts using Raytheon's modified MK-15 Phalanx successfully took out a number of small-sized drones at sea, with the eventual goal being to fry...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/28/4158166/navy-researching-how-to-shoot-down-drones-with-truck-mounted-lasers
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