Neither rain, nor fog, nor wind stops Boeing's laser weapon destroying targets

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If you've ever gone outside on a foggy night and shined a laser pointer about, you’ve seen two things: how flashy a raygun it makes, and the problem laser weapons face in such conditions as fog and rain scatters the energy that should be destroying missiles. However, in recent tests at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, Boeing and the US Army have shown that their High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) is capable of successfully locking onto and taking out targets in very laser-unfriendly foggy, rainy, and windy maritime conditions... Continue Reading Neither rain, nor fog, nor wind stops Boeing's laser weapon destroying targets

Section: Military

Tags: Boeing, Laser, Laser weapon, Oshkosh, US Army, Weapons

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