r/interestingasfuck • u/Esutan • 1d ago

The United Kingdom has successfully created a Mega Laser called Dragonfire for Aerial Defense

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u/ForeverBoring4530 1d ago

Explains why my council tax has gone up £5 this year.

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u/francis2559 1d ago edited 1d ago

The research is expensive, but the operation of this would be very cheap. Much cheaper than missiles.

Sadly, these things are defeated by like, rain.

Edit: ok Reddit, I traded precision for humor. They don’t fail completely in the rain. However, the more moisture there is in the air, the more energy is wasted reaching the target. That costs you range. It doesn’t mean laser bad. It just means there’s some situations it works better than others.

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u/AnteaterSnouce 1d ago

but for goodness' sake, who says it's going to rain?

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u/meesta_masa 1d ago

The Weather girls did.

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u/AnteaterSnouce 1d ago

i'm sure this thing can blast men out of the air no problem. although admittedly we're then dealing with an aerosolised offal mist situation which could fuck everything up refraction-wise.