Despite advancements, such as the U.S. Navy’s HELIOS system and the Army’s IFPC-HEL, today's lasers can't yet reliably stop hypersonic threats.

https://archive.is/2024.08.05-032033/https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-military-freaked-lasers-are-no-secret-weapon-against-hypersonic-missiles-207436

  • LocalOaf [they/them]
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    1 month ago

    Didn't they basically try that already with the Metalstorm project for naval CIWS trials? I thought that got dropped for some reason

    • Black_Mald_Futures [any]
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      1 month ago

      I thought that got retooled into a fire suppressant system that never made the news again

      • LocalOaf [they/them]
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        1 month ago

        Ngl, a version of Metalstorm that shoots those firefighting grenades that Thailand developed would be sick. Or convert old A-10s and load up their rotary cannons with them and use them to strafe forest fires and give them some sick red firetruck livery and call it Operation Extinguisher or something. In conclusion, government give me money for my cool ideas.