The UK has successfully fired a high-power laser weapon against an aerial target for the first time in a trial.
It is hoped that the test will pave the way for a low-cost alternative to missiles to shoot down targets like drones.
The DragonFire weapon is precise enough to hit a £1 coin from a kilometre away, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) says.
Who thought the British will get to have King Raptors first?
Well we are very famous for our monarchism
Rheinmetall has the HEL and I believe the US has one in the works too.
The US already has a variety of HEL systems. The Navy has them, the Army has a Stryker brigade with them along with systems to go in the bed of a pickup truck and one that mounts on a side by side.
I remember seeing them on the tips of planes like 15 years ago.
That’s one I hadn’t seen before. Got any more info?
https://www.jba.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/337776/airborne-laser-aircraft-slated-to-provide-missile-defense/
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Rheinmetall has the HEL
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How good would a sequel be, sigh
Generals is a game that would totally not get made today. If not for the GLA being offensive, it was literally banned by China.
The GLA theme is a banger though.
I 100% agree about China, though I think you could do a guerrilla faction “respectfully.” You could do a 2nd world faction as well thematically as some combination of BRICS economies