The Army’s first laser weapon is almost ready for a fight

[rangerrebew]

The Army’s first laser weapon is almost ready for a fight

Pew pew pew!

By Jared Keller | Published Aug 12, 2021 11:15 AM

 

Slowly but surely, the Army is inching towards fielding its first true combat-capable, high-powered laser weapon mounted on a Stryker infantry carrier vehicle.

The service announced on Tuesday that it had successfully completed its first-ever Directed Energy-Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD) “combat shoot-off” between two unique laser systems at Fort Sill in Oklahoma earlier this summer.

The shoot-off saw the two 50-kilowatt laser weapons — developed in a competition between defense contractors Northrop Grumman and Raytheon — participate in “a series of vignettes designed to emulate realistic threats and combat scenarios,” according to the service.

Those “vignettes” included simulated UAS and rocket, artillery, and mortar (RAM) targets for the systems to engage.

https://taskandpurpose.com/military-tech/army-laser-weapon-stryker-combat-shoot-off/

[Kamaji]

When will they be training the Taliban on these weapons?

[rustynail]

'The Army’s first laser weapon is almost ready for a fight'.......so it will never be used?

[EdinVA]

So, the point is????
If we are just going to roll over, then why have the tools?

[GtHawk]

When will they be training the Taliban on these weapons?

That'll be done by the Chinese after they sell them models built from stolen American plans, but the Chinese will probably be smart enough to build in a kill switch or self destruct so it can't be used against them.