<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Defense Tech &#187; Lasers and Ray Guns</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/lasers-and-ray-guns/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://defensetech.org</link> <description>The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:07:13 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Air Force Tests Electronics-Frying Missile</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/22/air-force-successfully-fires-electromagnetic-weapon/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/22/air-force-successfully-fires-electromagnetic-weapon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:28:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lasers and Ray Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Less-lethal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Alamos and Labs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Missiles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=14682</guid> <description><![CDATA[Imagine a weapon sailing over an enemy city or military target and effectively paralyzing all electronics in its wake while causing almost no physical damage? Sci-fi writers and military planners have dreamed of such things for years. The problem is, the electromagnetic pulse often associated with cooking electronic systems is usually generated by the detonation of a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/09/22/air-force-successfully-fires-electromagnetic-weapon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>58</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tough lesson: The dumber the threat, the harder it is to defeat</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/08/tough-lesson-the-dumber-the-threat-the-harder-it-is-to-defeat/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/08/tough-lesson-the-dumber-the-threat-the-harder-it-is-to-defeat/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:58:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>philewing</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lasers and Ray Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13931</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last month, you read here about the prospects for a new laser countermeasure that defense contractor ITT hopes could protect Army helicopters from missiles. Long story short, here’s how it works: A sensor detects a launch, slews a laser onto the vector of the incoming missile, and then blinds the sensors in the weapon’s nosecone [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/08/tough-lesson-the-dumber-the-threat-the-harder-it-is-to-defeat/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>95</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BAE Putting Lasers on Mk 38 Naval Gun</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/25/bae-putting-lasers-on-mk-38-naval-gun/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/25/bae-putting-lasers-on-mk-38-naval-gun/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:59:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ammo and Munitions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lasers and Ray Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13776</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, BAE Systems and Boeing have teamed up to add lethal lasers to the already tricked out Mk 38 chain gun system used for close-in defense on U.S. Navy ships. In March, BAE — maker of the MK 38 system (shown above) — recieved a contract to build a demo laser system to show that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/25/bae-putting-lasers-on-mk-38-naval-gun/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>57</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New Laser Countermeasures Could Defeat RPGs</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/08/new-laser-countermeasures-could-defeat-rpgs/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/08/new-laser-countermeasures-could-defeat-rpgs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:25:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lasers and Ray Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rotary Wing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13603</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, the U.S. Army has begun the process of choosing a new generation of laser countermeasures to protect low-flying military aircraft from 21st Century shoulder fired missiles. Current IR countermeasures found on Army helos aren’t effective against all types of heat-seeking missiles. Meanwhile, at about 200-pounds, the more effective, directional laser-based countermeasures like the AN/AAQ-24 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/08/new-laser-countermeasures-could-defeat-rpgs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>30</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>US Navy Now Zapping Boats</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/04/12/us-navy-now-zapping-boats/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/04/12/us-navy-now-zapping-boats/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:30:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>christian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Lasers and Ray Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=12253</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Navy and Northrop Grumman announced yesterday that for the first time a program that integrates solid state lasers on naval vessel had engaged another boat moving across the water. I realize this was reported yesterday, but I wanted to get the discussion going here since Defense Tech has covered the development of the Boeing’s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/04/12/us-navy-now-zapping-boats/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>55</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Navy One Step Closer to Using Lasers for Ship Defense</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/01/21/navy-one-step-closer-to-using-lasers-for-ship-defense/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/01/21/navy-one-step-closer-to-using-lasers-for-ship-defense/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:11:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lasers and Ray Guns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Alamos and Labs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=11154</guid> <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Navy is one step closer to developing a ship-mounted laser capable of defending against everything from swarms of speedboats to anti-ship missiles. After more than two decades of research, scientists at Los Alamos National Lab last month demonstrated the technology, known as a Free Electron Laser, needed to generate a one megawatt beam that could [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/01/21/navy-one-step-closer-to-using-lasers-for-ship-defense/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>83</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Going Green at SHOT</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2010/01/19/going-green-at-shot/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2010/01/19/going-green-at-shot/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:19:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>christian</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets and Gear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lasers and Ray Guns]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=5462</guid> <description><![CDATA[Greetings from Las Vegas. Military.com associate editor Greg Grant and I are attending this year’s SHOT Show in Vegas and we had an opportunity to demo some of the hottest products from vendors today at the couple ranges outside the gambling mecca. One of the most interesting themes we ran across was the change in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2010/01/19/going-green-at-shot/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>15</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Imperial Cruiser Step Aside, Boeing’s Got Your Back</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2009/10/02/imperial-cruiser-step-aside-boeings-got-your-back/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2009/10/02/imperial-cruiser-step-aside-boeings-got-your-back/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:13:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>jimmy_wu</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Lasers and Ray Guns]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/2009/10/02/imperial-cruiser-step-aside-boeings-got-your-back/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I’m sure this has been posted at other places but I wanted to shoot you the latest video from Boeing showcasing it’s Advanced Tactical Laser firing a shot at a vehicle on the ground. The modified C-130 was airborne for the shot and hit almost dead center on the target. Boeing says the laser disabled [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2009/10/02/imperial-cruiser-step-aside-boeings-got-your-back/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>19</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ABL Dings Missile With Low-Power Beam</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2009/08/13/abl-dings-missile-with-low-power-beam/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2009/08/13/abl-dings-missile-with-low-power-beam/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:06:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>jnoonan</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Lasers and Ray Guns]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/2009/08/13/abl-dings-missile-with-low-power-beam/</guid> <description><![CDATA[We just got word that Boeing’s Airborne Laser Team conducted its first successful test in flight August 10 of a ballistic missile intercept using a surrogate death ray. A Boeing statement sent to Defense Tech indicates the modified 747 went through all the processes to actually down a missile, except for the actual use of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2009/08/13/abl-dings-missile-with-low-power-beam/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>30</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Just Like Mom Warned You About</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2009/06/16/just-like-mom-warned-you-about/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2009/06/16/just-like-mom-warned-you-about/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:33:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator></dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Lasers and Ray Guns]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=4531</guid> <description><![CDATA[Military.com is running a Stars ans Stripes article reporting that “Laser-related eye injuries among U.S. Soldiers in Iraq have risen significantly in the last six months, prompting the military to review its use of green lasers.” According to the story “the lasers, also called ‘dazzlers,’ put out a green light that looks a bit like [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2009/06/16/just-like-mom-warned-you-about/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>10</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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