UK military to build prototype 'laser weapon'

[Terminator X]

scubadude said:

Given that military's have a habit of inventing weapons for the fight they've just had, then taking 30yrs to get it right and by the time its perfect no-one need it... is a Laser weapon what we'll need in 2040?

Right now we need swarms of long endurance, small profile, sniper drones to patrol the skies taking out lone wolfs and ISIS (we don't have this) but we send multi-billion dollar carriers from full of Cold war strike aircraft to throw million dollar missiles at Hilux's from beyond visual range... economical is Not the word that comes to mind.

Arguably the military we had in 1945 could do the job ours is currently doing almost as well (albeit more costly in manpower and death toll) the WWII allied forces under a blanket of Lancasters and Stratofortresses backed up by the largest navies the world ever saw would probably be enough even now to take all but the three largest militaries in the world with ease, sheer numbers has merit (as the Germans found against Russia in the 40's)

I assume someone somewhere is saying- what do we actually need? but perhaps they are not the same person who ordered all the F35's...

Like this?

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/secreti...

TX.

[FurtiveFreddy]

"swarming micro-drones"

[Sylvaforever]

What you could do is set a string of decoys and there's all your drones away chasing shadows...