How real are laser weapons? is it just science fiction or do they really exist..and please proivide links/explaination of laser weapons and the usage of lasers in the military, I have to write an essay on laser in weapons but i cant figure out where to start from, so any help will me appreciated.
2006-12-10 09:57:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
There are no laser weapons yet that are operationally deployed. There is an experimental one called the Airborne Laser, and there were at one point plans a ground based laser defense system in Israel that was cancelled. Both are designed to knock down missles.
2006-12-10 16:40:25 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lasers are typically not used to blow things up today but are used for guidence, laser guided bullets, rockets, bombs, missles etc. In order to blow things up with a laser the poer supply would be so big that it is not pracitical unless the target is fragile like a satilite.
2006-12-10 10:12:10 · answer #2 · answered by dotcombust007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well to answer your question, laser weapons are very real
2006-12-10 10:06:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is real, this is referred to as an ABL, a challenge headed via Boeing. they have already examined it, and it works. it fairly is a centred, severe-skill laser. And definite, the device is meant to ruin ballistic missiles, the beam travels on the fee of sunshine, so definite it fairly is precise sufficient to knock off a tank's turret.
2016-12-11 06:29:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋