Test of laser from C-130H melts hood of car, page 1

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www.airforcetimes.com...

New video released by the Air Force and Boeing Co. show what happens when a C-130H Hercules aims the Advanced Tactical Laser at the hood of car.

In the video recorded Aug. 30 during a test flight at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., the laser melts the hood and sparks a fire. A press statement from Boeing said the laser “killed the vehicle.”

The weapon uses a chemical laser that fills the cargo hold of C-130 to produce a laser beam fired from a turret mounted in the belly of a C-130.
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If the size of laser can be reduced, the Air Force could one day fly laser versions of the AC-130 gunships.

The future of the project is in doubt as it competes for funding with other weapons, but a Boeing official said he is optimistic.

“The bottom line is that ATL works, and works very well,” Gary Fitzmire, program director of Boeing Missile Defense Systems' Directed Energy Systems unit, said in a release. “ATL's components — the high-energy chemical laser, beam control system and battle manager — are performing as one integrated weapon system, delivering effective laser beam energy to ground targets.”

Working with Boeing on the $200 million project, which began in 2002, is the Air Force Research Lab’s Directed Energy Directorate.

This "War of the Worlds" type weaponry may just be the wave of the future. Sure wouldn't want it used on me!

reply to post by sad_eyed_lady

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Aerial view...


Click the last of the 4 videos...

Much cooler 'take' of the exercise...


Cool find

Originally posted by happygolucky
reply to post by sad_eyed_lady

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Aerial view...


Click the last of the 4 videos...

Much cooler 'take' of the exercise...


Cool find

They're we go!

Much better!

reply to post by mkross1983

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Thanks!

There are some youtubes on it. Here's one:

reply to post by Sundancer

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I don't think you have to worry about the police getting this for a very long time.

They don't even know if they can make a working model small enough for a fighter jet, heck they don't even know if they can get funding to explore the possibility of making it small enough for a fighter jet. Star Trek phasers are still in the very far future.

reply to post by mkross1983

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laser`s arnt like the movies - 99% of the time its a silent and invisible (to the naked eye) beam.

Chemical lasers are simply impractical for most mobile use in the ground, or on a fighter aircraft. They are heavy, need loads of fuel, take up loads of space, and have very hot exhaust gases.

www.defenceiq.com...

So unless you think they're going to be policing you with AC-130 aircraft then I wouldn't worry. If you want to worry about something look at other kinds of lasers...

[edit on 4/10/2009 by C0bzz]

Well it's great to know that if we are ever invaded by an army of car and truck hoods we got it covered

They have been dragging this project along at a snails pace. Now either this has been very complicated or somebody has been milking it for as much as possible.

Besides I think we have been using them already... Maybe we may have seen the results of it being battle tested

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[edit on 4-10-2009 by SLAYER69]

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The capabilities of that weapon in that rense article are complete fantasy. Not even something as powerful as ABL, a chemical laser that takes up the space of a 747, could do that. Also, lasers tend to not shrink human bodies to the size of newborn babies.

And it's Rense. I wonder how they come up with that stuff.

[edit on 4/10/2009 by C0bzz]

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You know for the longest time I was all into this stuff. I remember seeing old defense dept videos on TV on what they had developed in the late 80s and early 90s from the SDI program and now Youtube and google searches come up blank.

I remember seeing them burn right through a missile housing etc.

I doubt it's the same system though.

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I was never into this stuff in the 1990s, however from what I have seen, none of this stuff has been silenced (and Youtube and Google seem to not be very good at this sort of thing).

www.nircm.com...

Picture of exhaust plume of large chemical laser in above link, and also the test on a booster.

www.defenceiq.com...
(need to register)

EDIT: Lots of it is obviously classified though...

www.deps.org...


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I don't think the lack of info is deliberate. If I gave that impression then I apologize. I meant that nobody cares or is interested anymore.
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