US Navy Close To On-Ship Laser Cannons

An anonymous reader writes "The Office of Naval Research and industry partner Northrop Grumman said they successfully tested for the first time an on-board laser defense system known as the Maritime Laser Demonstrator (MLD), using it to destroy a small target vessel. The test actually accomplished several other benchmarks, including integrating MLD with a ship's radar and navigation system, and firing an electric laser weapon from a moving platform at-sea in a humid environment."

Re:Cool way to kill people

[Flopy]

They don't have to go all the way there, if they just target the environment, global warming will take care of the pirates.

Re:Cool way to kill people

[alostpacket]

Clearly you've never actually encountered a bus full of nuns. They can be quite dangerous. Or sexy, depending on where you download the video from.

enema + dvork

[decora]

i think the internet has officially acheived its original purpose.

to create a discussion thread that goes from laser weapons, to enemas, to dvorak keyboard arguments, without any intervening replies.

absolutely unbelievable. bravo to you, sirs. bravo.

Ha! We win!

[Opportunist]

The enemy just said that their defense system is mostly smoke and mirrors!

No... wait...

Re:now where are the Sharks?

[PPH]

Rumbling with the Jets. Where else?