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the US Navy is ready they've got weaponize later
lasers and I modern-day catapults
the kelp also called electromagnetic railgun
and guns and they are prototypes that are going to be aboard vessels within
two years
okay what they do is well here let me quote PowerPoint my mom's
real guns which have been tested on land in virginia
fire a projectile at six per seven times the speed of sound
enough velocity because severe damage
yeah I would imagine so so
they fire project us like catapult used to back in the day
rate but the buyer that's six to seven times the speed of sound
but you know %um credit man it's amazing
any also Blazers which by the way are invisible I get that in a sec
I'm but they accept explain why the main reason is cost which i'm actually
thrilled about
because we have a bloated defense department budget and if they're
finding ways to cut costs no while still
killing people at terrific rates okay but OK gobblers Eliza cost less money
um they explain that each interceptor missile book
aboard like the old school missiles that we have on US Navy warship
course at least one million dollars apiece
imagine that meant every time we fire missile that was a million dollars out
the window
how much better off would we be if we spent at here at home
okay so now it turns out this is a this technology is a lot
um cheaper so the Loren Thompson explains
because I was at Lexington Institute with the laser operating on about 30
kilowatts of electricity
impossibly three times that in the future the cost amounts to a few dollars
per shop
thats awesome could get up or I like
now what is a laser well we actually brought in a doctor to explain that you
got it was sick
and essence a sophisticated 8 p.m. which we called
I will make it all okay Anderson
and is this the US Navy so where would the lasers go
a doctor you know I have one simple
request and that is perhaps sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their
heads
well it turns out you might get that request
hmm and he say an article here in this OC to press just like in the movies
the navy's laser director beam energy they can burn through targeted
more price sensitive electronics all like the movie
the laser beam is invisible to the human eye there
see you never see it coming his review
gone and some guess ride
look I'm excited that it cost less I am NOT so excited about
the damage that these things can do okay now
one more from our defense analyst he says
gotta understand they also have a downside okay
what are the downsides lasers tend to lose their effectiveness
if it's raining if it's dusty or if there's turbulence in atmosphere
and the real gun requires vast amounts of electricity to launch the projector
now look sometimes hard to get the electricity about on the sub
the sums that we have et cetera other aircraft carriers
but overall the saw that problem but the laser seem to have significant ships
score I mean if it's a little cloudy words rainy
and yes he leases Cohen or throw water on
so did okay too excited by the ways as yet
so doctor evil you might have to wait for the Sharks the frickin laser beams
on their heads
scandal went in the water these might not work
by the way when Italy's is going to be deployed
later this year it's not the future
its today