The Next Advanced Military Weapon? Now this is a Huge Deal

By Rob Janicki

Army laser weapon passes big test.

Perhaps this could be used to slice through the fog of political confrontations we see in the White House and between the Senate and the House.  Okay, that's a step too far, but here goes with what we actually know.

A new laser weapon Boeing is developing for the U.S. Army cleared a major test by cutting through fog to destroy enemy targets. The High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) successfully took out drones and 60mm mortars under sub-optimal conditions during tests in Florida earlier this year, the company announced Sept. 4. Read more WashingtonTimes

For more on this developing laser weapon system go here.

And all this is being done with a 10 kilowatt system, which Boeing sees advancing to the 50kw to 60kw range.  Here to fore in lab tests, cutting through the water vapor of fog was a problem.  After ten years of testing, apparently this road block has been overcome.

This latest development in a mobile laser weapons system will change modern warfare as we know it.  It's here and not off in some distant laboratory.  Boeing will be working to scale up this system that has untold applications in both conventional warfare modes and in the modern field of terrorist warfare. 

If this system can be used against inanimate objects in high velocity situations, it can be used against individual terrorists in the field, to include amassed forces of terrorists in the field.  Life for terrorists isn't looking good for a future career path.