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Lockheed Martin plans to make its most powerful military laser yet, 500 kilowatts::The planned laser will be in the 500-kilowatt range. Weapons like these can defend a ship or base against drones or other projectiles.

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[-] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

for those wondering, the (fictional) laser in the 1985 film Real Genius that could vaporize a human target from space was 9.4 megawatts.

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

For anyone wondering, it would take 128.7 Real Genius laser beam blasts worth of energy to make one time travel jump in Back to the Future's Delorean.

[-] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago
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