Navy fires Laser Gun for the first time

[OLS]

Haha, yeah, I guess accuracy with no kentucky windage or gravity IS a real benefit.
But lead works well and is a lot cheaper, hahaha.

[taltos]

Originally Posted by OLS

Haha, yeah, I guess accuracy with no kentucky windage or gravity IS a real benefit.
But lead works well and is a lot cheaper, hahaha.

But if you target the pirates and they have a burn hole in the forehead, it can be blamed on hostile aliens. Plausible deniability.

[Subvet642]

Originally Posted by OLS

Haha, yeah, I guess accuracy with no kentucky windage or gravity IS a real benefit.
But lead works well and is a lot cheaper, hahaha.

No windage, but atmospheric diffusion, distortion and energy loss had to be overcome. The big guns are fun, but you don't need a 5 inch 35 round to take out those little motorboats the pirates are using.

[taltos]

I come from the ground forces side of things but could you use something like a dragon to take out the small pirate boats or is the sea too rough for any sort of accuracy?

[Subvet642]

Originally Posted by taltos

I come from the ground forces side of things but could you use something like a dragon to take out the small pirate boats or is the sea too rough for any sort of accuracy?

The Navy can shoot down a satellite traveling at 17,000 mph, 300 miles straight up from the rolling and pitching decks of a Destroyer; accuracy isn't a problem, range is. If a target is within range of a man-portable Dragon, so are you. Ideally, you want to engage a target while you are still out of range of his weapons.