![]() The laser weapon can quietly set numerous fires, with what John Corley, Director of the USAF’s Air Armament Center called ‘plausible deniability.’įor example, there have been explosions at ammunition storage sites in Iraq because explosives are stored at excessive temperatures, and the explosion that devastated Beirut similarly appears to have been due to severe mismanagement of hazardous materials. Examples of so-called ‘ scalable effects’ include melting a vehicles tires, or disabling a radar or communications antenna without the explosion of a kinetic attack. The laser is silent and the beam is invisible not only is there no muzzle blast or flash, but the effects at the target may not be initially noticed. However, the laser can do something that no existing weapon can: it can strike stealthily. Even the Ghostrider’s GAU-23 30mm cannon can punch through two inches of steel plate from a mile away or destroy a pickup truck with one shot - and it fires 200 shots a minute. ![]() The 60-kilowatt laser is weak beer by comparison.
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