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THEL (Tactical High Energy Laser) For years, chemical-powered lasers were seen as the only viable alternative for weapons-strength ray guns. The most promising of those systems, the Tactical High Energy Laser, successfully shot down dozens of rockets and mortars. (this video shows it in action.) But generating the THEL's megawatts of laser power required hundreds of gallons of toxic chemicals — ethylene, nitrogen trifluoride. The weapons grew bulky (the small-scale version was only supposed to be kept in a mere right cargo containers, each 40 feet long). Worse, after a few shots, the lasers would have to be resupplied with a fresh batch of reactants. The logistics of hauling those toxins either through the air or across a battlefield made generals shiver. So, ultimately, interest swung back to solid state systems, like Yamamoto's, and, to a lesser extent, free electron lasers. http://www.defensetech.org/

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: lacksdiscipline

Length: 02:20
Rating: 4.51
Views: 205421

Tags: antimissile  antimortar  antirocket  defense  defensetech  energy  high  laser  starwars  tactical  THEL  

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mercanaries3 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
actually the u.s didnt make this i think it was some other country but the u.s bought it from them u.s should stuff that thing up its own asshole
xmrwaffles2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
mars is the future rawr only country thats not uniting is fuckin Russia . Ya thats right we have the japs helping us russia
liOVERLOADil (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You're an anti western fanatic. No matter what truth is provided in front of you, you'll just think it as lies.
kubruk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
laser is future..
sabaths1fan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
USA!
shivrajvishnu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Put this LASER defense system on satellite and focus it on all Islamic extremists camps.
adrastea99 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You mean shooting down a target that is designed to get shot down? Yeah....
liOVERLOADil (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yeah... how can it do something its clearly doing in this video??? You don't understand it so it must not exist.
zeyee (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
think il place on in the Kitchen... Just to be Save the Fridge when war comes
peterthethinker (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
shure there is look at ABL.. the new version of the ABL is a DPSS Nd:YAG based laser..I have seen the test model at NGC a few years back .. words can not explane the power the 1/10th scale model had .. the project leader and me had some fun making cinder blocks dissapear in one pulse ..

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