German military use laser to destroy targets over half-a-mile
away High-energy laser passes various tests with Germany-based
Rheinmetall Defense has demonstrated a 50kW, high-energy laser
at their ground facility in Switzerland. According to
representatives from the company, the device passed all target
tests with “flying High-energy laser system designed by While
we’re still a bit away from the sort of shootouts we see in
popular science-fiction flicks, the demonstration of this sort
of weaponry is impressive How it works The Rheinmetall laser
system isn’t a single laser; rather, it’s composed of two
separate laser modules mounted on a Revolver Gun air defense
turrets and attached to additional power modules. The laser
modules themselves are 30kW and 20kW, respectively, and a Beam
Superimposing Technology combines them, focusing the lights’
energy in a “superimposed, cumulative manner” for the sole
purpose of obliterating its target(s). In one test, the laser
system sliced through a half-inch thick steel gir