Originally Posted by Dennis Kenyon
Just to add a couple more facts picked up from the net today.
And U.S. Navy rotorcraft (Osprey?) will soon be able to respond in kind to being lased:
High Energy Fiber Läser
Under this effort the contractor will develop and demonstrate prototype High Energy Läser Weapons System (HELWS) subsystems, which will be integrated together and installed in a rotary-winged aircraft for a series of airborne läser weapon demonstrations.
The läser pointer in this case being a
25kW system.
I/C