Lawrence Livermore Demonstrates 67KW Solid State Laser
February 27th, 2007Do you really think They plan on sending this thing to town with lithium ion batteries on board?
Several weeks ago, I wrote the following about EEstor: “[The] clean green electric Hummers of the future are going to be spunoff from Pentagon death ray and super cannon projects…. The military needs the energy density that this EEstor thing provides for weapon systems.”
Obviously, there’s no mention of EEstor in the BBC piece below… And, likewise, when the EEstor device finally comes out, and the corporate press is whooping it up over the Earth friendly Hummers, etc, they’ll forget about the military death rays.
If you’re wondering how They’re going to energize the power cells on these bad boys, you’re not the only one!
Via: BBC:
A laser developed for military use is a few steps away from hitting a power threshold thought necessary to turn it into a battlefield weapon.
The Solid State Heat Capacity Laser (SSHCL) has achieved 67 kilowatts (kW) of average power in the laboratory.
It could take only a further six to eight months to break the “magic” 100kW mark required for the battlefield, the project’s chief scientist told the BBC.
Potentially, lasers could destroy rockets, mortars or roadside bombs.
For many years, solid state, electrically powered lasers like SSHCL were only able to operate at a fraction of the 100kW mark.
Then, in March 2005, the system achieved 45kW. Hitting 67kW, said SSHCL programme manager Bob Yamamoto, meant 100kW was now within reach.
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The mark of a successful sting operation is that the victim never knows that he has been stung.
I know of no more successful sting operation than the bait-and-switch scam known as the gold standard.
theres no free lunch