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   XPost: sci.military.naval   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   "Robert Clark"  wrote:   
      
   >"Fred J. McCall"  wrote in message   
   >news:6p0qhc58lgej7sgumfv3t425bmjcutthga@4ax.com...   
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   >"Robert Clark"  wrote:   
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   >>"Robert Clark"  wrote in message news:ocql84$mlj$1@dont-email.me...   
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   >>The Navy has already tested ship-borne lasers at 30 kW power to shoot down   
   >>drones:   
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   >Well, no.  They have tested shipborne laser (not lasers) at a power   
   >level that will never be actually deployed because it's far too small.   
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   >The U.S. Navy is testing ...   
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   That's "has tested", not "is testing".   
      
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   >... a 30 kilowatt laser ...   
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   Like I said, A laser at power levels too low to be deployed.   
      
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   >... on the USS Ponce that can take out small boats and small drones.   
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   Very small boats and drones.   
      
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   >The plan is to install a more powerful 150   
   >kW laser that can take out larger ships and aircraft:   
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   That's at least three years out.  And any ship that gets one will need   
   at least half a megawatt of spare electrical capacity.  That's quite a   
   stretch, given that big ships like the ARLEIGH BURKE class only have   
   7.5 MW total and there is already concern whether they can power   
   potential radar upgrades.   
      
      
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