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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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