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Effective has many parameters. It's already more effective in that it doesn't require ammo logistics and it has multiple modes from warning to lethal. I bet it
by njharman 12y ago
Effective has many parameters. It's already more effective in that it doesn't require ammo logistics and it has multiple modes from warning to lethal. I bet it sucks in the rain and has no over the horizon capability. But systems are trade offs and it is rare for one to be best in every way / situation.
Also comparing results of hundreds of years of engineering (modern naval gun) to 1st gen / prototype is disingenuous.
- Someone1234 12y ago> Also comparing results of hundreds of years of engineering (modern naval gun) to 1st gen / prototype is disingenuous. Disingenuous? It is the logical thing to do. You don't compare electric cars to golf carts, you compare them to other cars trying to compete in the same market segment. The same is true here. You compare this new laser gun to the thing it hopes to replace (which in this case are projectile based weapons). Maybe, just maybe, an argument could be made that it would be unfair to compare a prototype to a production gun. But this laser is now production ready, so that complaint is now moot.
- TeMPOraL 12y agoWho says that laser is meant to replace projectile weapons? It's an additional weapons system that may replace or augment one of many others already installed. Kinetic energy weapons have some clear military advantages over rayguns, so total switch won't happen soon, if ever.