Jun 15 2009Raytheon Gets Contract For Laser Weapon
Raytheon, a company best known for my brother and I both swearing we saw an airplane land on top of one of their buildings in Huntsville, Alabama, has received a Navy contract to draw up the initial design of a powerful burning 100-kW Fee Electron Laser (which may or may not look like an automotive engine) to be mounted on seagoing vessels. Pew pew? No. PEW PEW!
Once designed, the naval operators could adjust the wavelength of the laser, which wasn't possible with conventional lasers. This helps compensate for the varying humidity associated with ship-borne situations.
The laser beams could be used against missiles, airplanes, or even boats.
I need one of these for my car. Seriously, I'm tired of sitting in traffic. And let me tell you, I don't just road rage, I road man-rage. You ever seen a guy tear off his own steering wheel, jam it down an air-conditioning vent and then sob uncontrollably? If you've ridden with me you have.
Navy/Raytheon working on 100kW weaponized laser: cue the 'pew-pew' sound effects [dvice]
Reader Comments
1. Captain - June 15, 2009 12:12 PM
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2. Pew³ - June 15, 2009 12:14 PM
Pew³³
3. Mesarim - June 15, 2009 12:19 PM
OMG I so want to go into the navy to play with those Laz0rs
Pew Pew I sunk your Battleship :P
4. Richard McBeef - June 15, 2009 12:23 PM
what is that picture? we need less purple lights and aluminum blocks, more tight asian chick with pew pew pew effects for this story. and all others.
5. Jeezy - June 15, 2009 12:24 PM
@1: What is your fascination with this My Brute game? Can you win anything? Are there prizes or anything, or are you just bored?
6. Pew³ - June 15, 2009 12:36 PM
I love it....two PEW posts in a row! Can GW go for three?
7. RK - June 15, 2009 12:41 PM
I agree. What a thoroughly unimpressive picture.
8. OJ's Mom - June 15, 2009 12:54 PM
Lasers are awesome.
I had a whole cool Laser thing typed out, but then I forgot that this site targets 8-year olds who can't see the "F-Word" without falling to the floor and convulsing in a pool of their own god-d-amn vomit, so the whole thing was lost to the "you used a bad word" filter.
This site used to not suck so much ass.
9. STOMPY - June 15, 2009 1:03 PM
Coming soon to a rave party near you... 100KW freakin lasers!!!
10. STOMPY - June 15, 2009 1:16 PM
@8
Every time you swear you make baby jesus cry...
11. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - June 15, 2009 1:27 PM
@8
Welcome back. Fück this shit!
12. naas - June 15, 2009 2:22 PM
@2 looks like it's going to be a good day
@8 you can always hit the back button & try again you know, never failed me when dropping 'fuĉk' or 'shit dammit' into whatever I was writing about
13. Dan - June 15, 2009 3:38 PM
IMMA FIRIN MAH SEABORN LAZOR!!!!!!!!!111
14. Watch-303 - June 15, 2009 7:20 PM
DO WANT!
15. led screen - June 15, 2009 9:33 PM
PEW PEW!
16. RandomNigel - June 15, 2009 10:36 PM
...lol.
I know exactly which building you're talking about, GW.
I drive past it all the time. It totally happened.
17. Matt - June 15, 2009 11:43 PM
Yes, but will it pop popcorn from space?
18. Jay - June 16, 2009 12:07 AM
Actually its called a free electron laser not fee
19. GLADIATOR - June 16, 2009 12:29 AM
"The laser beams could be used against missiles, airplanes, or even boats."
FOr all you Supman wannabe's this may be your chance!
They forgot to mention ... against Lex Luthor.
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20. LostNomad - June 16, 2009 12:42 AM
Finally my evil lair can have a proper death ray ... the super soaker was just not cut out for instilling fear and dread.
21. Darth - June 16, 2009 4:00 PM
Is that too difficult to build a good laser weapon? In which era are we living? The Middle Ages? It's about time.
22. Nero - June 16, 2009 4:07 PM
We find bullets primitive.It's all about lasers!
23. flux83 - July 5, 2009 4:07 PM
Yeah they tested the laser at breakers water park in Tucson AZ one of the ideas is be able to use underwater.