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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Ray Guns

Laser-Equipped Stryker (Photo by Jim Kendall)

Turkey's NAZAR , a ground-based laser system

Evidently making ray-guns is hard. The USA has been working on them for years and now they have one small enough to mount on a vehicle. The Stryker laser is rated at 50 kilowatts which is enough to do some actual damage. The Turkish system is supposed to deliver 'soft-kill' capability against guided missiles. If you can confuse the missile, it won't be able to hit its target, which is what you are trying to prevent. So, if it works, that is good enough.

And since we are talking about power, here's a thousand watts for you.


1000 Watts (feat. Christopher Ellis)
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