Navy To Deploy Lasers On Ship In 2014 402
Velcroman1 writes "The Pentagon has plans to deploy its first ever ship-mounted laser next year, a disruptive, cutting-edge weapon capable of obliterating small boats and unmanned aerial vehicles with a blast of infrared energy. Navy officials announced Monday that in early 2014, a solid-state laser prototype will be mounted to the fantail of the USS Ponce and sent to the 5th fleet region in the Middle East for real-world experience. 'It operates much like a blowtorch ... with an unlimited magazine,' one official said."
with frickin' lasers! (Score:4, Funny)
Small Boats (Score:5, Funny)
Austerity in action (Score:2, Funny)
Government spending is bad, unless of course you are mounting infrared lasers on Navy ships to shoot down Zeroes. Banzai!
Austerity my tired buttocks. They just don't like that, what was it, 48%. Spending is good when you fund jobs programs that make layzers.
Next up: lasers on planes, which will make targeted assassinations done so much more quietly.
Kim Jong Un says: (Score:5, Funny)
Re:with frickin' lasers! (Score:5, Funny)
Not so. During WW II the submarines were named for fish. That was fairly cool.
Until you get deployed to the SS Flounder...
Re:Not unexpected (Score:5, Funny)
CIWS has 1550 rounds in its magazine
Oh, those damned new magazine limit laws, again!
Re:with frickin' lasers! (Score:4, Funny)
Lasers, and drones. It's official. We have become the Amarr. [eveonline.com]
Re: Not unexpected (Score:5, Funny)
Obviously, for piloted aircraft they just order all hands on deck with laser pointers.
Re:with frickin' lasers! (Score:5, Funny)
ugh.. the WW1 ship was the FIFTH ship to bear the name.
The 1855 HMS Cockchafer was a wooden screw.
Which explains the name.